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HOURS) BY THE PLANT OF ALL EMERGENCY STANDBY, PLANT EMERGENCY AND SITE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. THE NOTIFICATION SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY THE PROVISION OF RELEVANT INFORMATION ON THE INCIDENT, INCLUDING RADIATION MONITORING, METEOROLOGICAL, AND PLANT DATA;
B) PROMPT AND DIRECT NOTIFICATION OF ALL OTHER INCIDENTS WHICH MIGHT CAUSE PUBLIC CONCERN, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DIRECT COMMUNICATION CHANNELS FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND CONSULTATION; AND
C) THE PROVISION OF RADIATION MONITORING AND METEOROLOGICAL DATA FROM THE OFF-SITE AND
ON SITE MONITORING STATIONS DURING EMERGENCY AND NORMAL TIMES TO STRENGTHEN OUR MONITORING NETWORK.
5. IN RESPONSE, THE GUANGDONG SIDE STATED THAT DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE PLANT WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION. THEY SAID THAT UNDER THE NATIONAL ENTERPRISE LAW AND THE NUCLEAR ACCIDENT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE STATE COUNCIL, THE GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER STATION WAS NOT REPEAT NOT AUTHORISED TO COMMUNICATE WITH A FOREIGN TERRITORY. THE RESPONSIBLE ORGANISATION MUST BE THE GUANGDONG NUCLEAR ACCIDENT EMERGENCY COMMITTEE OFFICE. THEY SUGGESTED THAT THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION FOR ALL ON-SITE SITUATIONS AND DURING NORMAL TIMES SHOULD BE MADE THROUGH THE NCNA IN HONG KONG. THEY ARGUED THAT ON-SITE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WERE LESS URGENT THAN OFF-SITE EMERGENCIES AND WOULD NOT REPEAT NOT HAVE DIRECT CONSEQUENCES FOR HONG KONG. THE DIRECT COMMUNICATION CHANNEL TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR OFF-SITE EMERGENCIES WAS INTENDED TO COVER EXTRAORDINARY SITUATIONS AND COULD NOT REPEAT NOT BE USED FOR ON- SITE EMERGENCIES OR OTHER SITUATIONS. THEY SAID THAT, PROCEDURALLY, THE NCNA MUST BE NOTIFIED FIRST BEFORE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. FURTHERMORE, THEY ARGUED THAT IN THE SIGNED CONSENSUS PAPER ON CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION FOR OFF-SITE EMERGENCIES, IT WAS CLEARLY STATED THAT THE CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION DURING NORMAL TIMES (QUALIFIED IN THAT PAPER AS TIMES WHEN THE PLANT HAD NOT YET ENTERED AN OFF-SITE EMERGENCY SITUATION) SHOULD BE VIA THE NCNA. THEY REJECTED OUR REQUEST FOR PLANT DATA. AS REGARDS THE ADDITIONAL RADIATION MONITORING AND METEOROLOGICAL DATA WE ASKED FOR, THEY CLAIMED THAT ADEQUATE ARRANGEMENTS HAD ALREADY BEEN MADE FOR THE
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