DIVISION, DTI
ID:071-828-7284
NOTE
01 MAR 93
9:49 No.007 P.03
1.
Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station
The Hong Kong Covernment were pleased when discussions with
last year on the coordination of the
China started in June last year
plans for a Daya Bay
emergency.
respective contingency
However the UK shares Hong Kong's concern at the slow
progress since then and at the lack of authority given to the
Chinese team to discuss anything except off-site emergencies.
2.
The UK understands that the fuel for Daya Bay will be loaded
in May.
At that
that time Hong Kong will certainly be asked
questions about the state of contingency plans. It is most
important that satisfactory arrangements are agreed before
then.
3.
China, like the United Kingdom, has adopted the IAEA'S
Convention on the Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident.
That Convention refers to the need for states to provide
relevant information about nuclear accidents as early as
The Convention applies in all possible.
cases in which a
release of radioactivity occurs or is likely to occur and
which has resulted or may result in an international trans-
boundary release. In that event, the state
state in which the
nuclear reactor is located is obliged immediately to provide
all relevant information to those who
may be physically
affected.