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the specific needs of the areas in the vicinity of the Plant.
28.
(1) Setting up a national incident response headquarters : The Chinese experts recognized that all on-site
incidents, no matter how serious or how insignificant, should be reported to the Central authorities for analysis and record. This could ensure openness as well as continued progress in the
plant's operations. As for the setting up of a national incident
response headquarters, the Chinese authorities said that the
concept was in principle correct. But since there would only be
2 full scale nuclear plants in China in the near future, they
would have to consider where and when to set up a national
headquarters for incident response. Nevertheless, there would
certainly be development in this direction after the Daya Bay and
Qinshan Nuclear Plants came into operation.
29.
(2) Establishment of an effective and independent communication system : At present, there were direct telephone
links between the Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Co.
(GNPJVC) and the Hong Kong Nuclear Investment Co. (HKNIC). But
the Chinese authorities agreed that to cater for responses to
there must there must be direct communication links with HKNIC
and the relevant authorities in Hong Kong. Detailed
arrangements, however, would be decided in the context of the
comprehensive contingency plan which was now being drawn up.
incidents,
30.
(3) Consolidated Instruction Manual
In respect of
emergency response operation at the nuclear power plant, we were
told that consolidated instruction manual had been compiled, so
as to ensure efficient division of labour during emergency response action.
31.
(4) To join the IAEA Convention on Early Notification
of a Nuclear Accident and the Convention on Assistance in the
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