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CONTINGENCY PLANNING REPORT FOR N-PLANT RELEASED
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GUIDANCE ON THE ACTIONS THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD PLAN TO TAKE, IN RESPONSE TO ANY ACCIDENTAL RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVITY FROM THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER STATION,
CONTAINED IN A DETAILED REPORT ON
CONTINGENCY PLANNING RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE 106-PAGE REPORT, PREPARED FOR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT BY THE UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY, RE-AFFIRMS THAT PLANNING FOR EXTREME MEASURES, SUCH AS EVACUATION, IS NOT REQUIRED.
POINTING OUT THAT HONG KONG NEED ONLY CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES THAT MIGHT ARISE AT MORE THAN 25 KILOMETRES FROM THE POWER STATION, THE REPORT ADVISES THAT AT SUCH DISTANCES THERE WAS A CONSENSUS OF INTERNATIONAL OPINION THAT THERE WOULD ONLY EXIST A NEED FOR MONITORING AND PERHAPS CONTROL OF FOODSTUFFS.
NOTING THAT THE REACTORS TO BE INSTALLED AT DAYA BAY ARE PRESSURISED WATER REACTORS (FWR), THE REPORT POINTS OUT THAT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN ACCIDENT TO A PWR THAT HAS RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT RADIOLOGICAL HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC.
IT ADDS THAT A CHERNOBYL-TYPE ACCIDENT CANNOT HAPPEN IN A PWR WHICH IS OF A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DESIGN. MOREOVER, UNLIKE THE CHERNOBYL REACTOR, WHICH LACKED AN EFFECTIVE CONTAINMENT BUILDING, PWR'S ARE PROVIDED WITH A MASSIVE PRE-STRESSED, REINFORCED CONCRETE CONTAINMENT BUILDING DESIGNED ΤΟ ENSURE THEIR INTEGRITY IN ALL CREDIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES.
IS
EMPHASISING THAT A VERY LARGE ACCIDENT AT DAYA BAY EXTREMELY UNLIKELY AND HIGHLY IMPROBABLE, THE CONSULTANTS ADVISED THAT DETAILED PLANNING FOR SUCH AN OCCURRENCE IS NOT GENERALLY CONSIDERED JUSTIFIABLE.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE A GOOD EMERGENCY ORGANISATION IN HONG KONG TO DEAL WITH NATURAL DISASTERS, ADVICE FOR CREDIBLE MAJOR NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS,
WHICH
ALREADY EXISTS DEALING WITH
ARE THEMSELVES IMPROBABLE, CAN EASILY BE EXTENDED TO DEAL WITH VERY LARGE CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENTS.
THE REPORT RECOMMENDS THAT THE ACTUAL CONTINGENCY
WIDE RANGE BE FLEXIBLE AND CAPABLE OF RESPONDING TO A FROM THE TRIVIAL TO THE SERIOUS.
OF
PLAN SHOULD ACCIDENTS
ΤΟ ENSURE THAT ΤΟ MONITOR AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION
THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE OF THE PLAN SHOULD BE THE GOVERNMENT IS ABLE TO RAPIDLY MOBILISE RESOURCES ASSESS THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY ACCIDENT AND TO MITIGATE AGAINST POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS.
24 A
HOUR BASIS, BECAUSE THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY IS MANNED ON
METEOROLOGICAL HAS READILY AVAILABLE
DATA, AND HAS EXPERIENCE IN "MONITORING AND RADIATION MONITORING, THE REPORT RECOMMENDS THAT THE ASSESSMENT" CENTRE SHOULD BE SET UP AT THE OBSERVATORY.
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