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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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HONG KONG TELNO 4055 AND TELCONS NEWALL NED/WHITE DAYA BAY: EVACUATION ARRANGEMENTS
1. CANDES (COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE, INSTITUT DE PROTECTION ET DE SURETE NUCLEARE) HAS CONFIRMED TO US THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO (NO) CHANGE IN THAT PART OF FRENCH NUCLEAR EMERGENCY PLANNING WHICH CONCERNS THE EVACUATION OF THE LOCAL POPULATION IN THE VICINITY OF A NUCLEAR PLANT.
2. PARAGRAPH 2.3.23 (PAGE 51) OF THE LEGCO REPORT ON ITS FACT FINDING VISIT TO EUROPE SETS OUT FRENCH VIEWS. CANDES EXPLAINED THAT A 5 KM RADIUS IS THE NORMAL MAXIMUM FOR EVACUATION PLANNING, WITH THE POPULATION SITUATED BETWEEN 5 KM AND 10 KM OF THE PLANT BEING
SUBJECT TO ''SHELTERING'' N.E. THEY WOULD BE ADVISED TO REMAIN
INDOORS. AFTER REVIEW OF THE SITUATION POST CHERNOBYL, THE FRENCH
AUTHORITIES HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THERE IS NO NEED TO CHANGE THEIR
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE AREA TO BE EVACUATED.
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