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INTRODUCTION
CONFIDENTIAL
NOTE FOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
XCCI (88) 19 Copy No.
DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER STATION
CONTINGENCY PLANNING
Members will be asked to note the
memorandum which -
(a)
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provides Members with an advance copy of the ÚKAEA 'Contingency Planning report before its official release;
(b) informs Members that the
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Government has
reviewed the report and, in principle, finds the guidance sound and acceptable; and
(c)
informs
Members
of
the
Government's
preliminary thoughts on how the guidance provided in the report may be taken forward.
BACKGROUND
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to the Members
On 6 May 1986, Members were informed, vide memorandum XCRI(86)7, that the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) had been engaged to
to provide expert guidance Government on Contingency Planning and other matters. subsequently advised, on 7 October 1986, that UKAEA's Contingency Planning Report (the report) should be
should be published when available.
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B
The Report
The report is presented at Annex A. Though written for the non-technical reader, it remains essentially a technical document. As the 'Executive Summary' (on pages 4 and 5 of the report) confines itself to providing a
broad appreciation of the approach the consultants have adopted, some of the more salient points made in the report have been compiled separately and are at Annex B for Members' information.
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