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J. D. Jamison HOK/9/002-07 Page 6 of 8
Recommendations:
Recommendations To the Counterpart Institution and National Counterpart:
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The scenario data for Exercise BASILAR should not suggest the need for implementation of ad hoc sheltering in the northern New Territories. The prospects of such a massive reactor accident coupled with the extreme meteorological conditions necessary to produce such a need are so exceedingly remote that exercising for that contingency would distract from the primary objectives of the plan and constitute negative training.
The sections of the DBCP dealing with sheltering as a protective action should be revised to make it clear that sheltering (other than on Ping Chau) will be implemented only if actual radiological conditions indicate that a worthwhile population dose reduction can be achieved. A decision aid should be developed and incorporated into the procedures of the Royal Observatory Monitoring and Assessment Center (ROMAC) that will enable the ROMAC staff to use available radiological information (from the Radiation Monitoring Network, ground surveys, and airborne monitoring) to decide if and where sheltering might be warranted.
The sections of the DBCP dealing with evacuation as a protective action should be revised to make it clear that the upon declaration of a Site Emergency (or Off-site Emergency) at the power station, the Hong Kong Government will "advise all vessels in Mirs Bay within 24 km of the station to exit the area", as opposed to "evacuating" Mirs Bay. There are several important reasons for making this change:
Planning to "evacuate" to a distance of 24 km from the power station upon declaration of a Site or Off-Site Emergency would surely be viewed by the Chinese as a gross overreaction by the Hong Kong Government.
The Chinese have adopted a 10 km evacuation