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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1993

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON EMERGENCY CO-OPERATION

IN DAYA BAY NUCLEAR INCIDENT SIGNED

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE GUANGDONG AUTHORITIES HELD A SECOND DELEGATION MEETING IN HONG KONG FROM SEPTEMBER 20 TO SEPTEMBER 22 ON THE SUBJECT OF EMERGENCY CO-OPERATION IN THE EVENT OF A INCIDENT AT THE GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER STATION.

NUCLEAR

THE MEETING WAS CONDUCTED IN A FRIENDLY AND SINCERE ATMOSPHERE.

BOTH SIDES UNANIMOUSLY CONSIDERED DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER STATION TO BE AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE SUCCESSFUL CO-OPERATION BETWEEN GUANGDONG AND HONG KONG.

WILL

OF

THE COMPLETION AND COMMISSIONING OF THE NUCLEAR POWER STATION GREATLY BOOST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN GUANGDONG AND HONG KONG.

THE POWER STATION HAS BEEN INTERNATIONAL SAFETY STANDARDS.

COMPLETED

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THE HIGHEST

CONTINGENCIES, BOTH EMERGENCIES. CLOSE

HOWEVER, TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF ALL POSSIBLE SIDES HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO NUCLEAR CO-OPERATION BETWEEN GUANGDONG AND HONG KONG IS ESSENTIAL IN THIS

AREA.

AT THE MEETING, BOTH DELEGATIONS COMMENDED THE EXPERT GROUPS THEIR HARD WORK OVER THE PAST MONTHS IN DISCUSSING VARIOUS TECHNICAL MATTERS.

FOR

THE DELEGATIONS ALSO REVIEWED AND FURTHER DISCUSSED THE CONSENSUS PAPERS PREPARED BY THE EXPERT GROUPS,

THESE PAPERS COVERED THE EXCHANGE OF EMERGENCY INFORMATION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN THE EVENT OF A NUCLEAR INCIDENT HAVING A RADIOLOGICAL IMPACT ON PEOPLE IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

THE CONSENSUS PAPERS WERE CONFIRMED IN THE FORM OF A MEMORANDUM

OF UNDERSTANDING SIGNED BY THE TWO SIDES.

UNDER THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, THE GUANGDONG EMERGENCY COMMITTEE OFFICE WILL NOTIFY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY OF ALL OFF-SITE EMERGENCIES, WHETHER OR NOT THEY MAY AFFECT HONG KONG,

BOTH SIDES HAVE ALSO UNDERTAKEN, IN THE EVENT OF AN OFF-SITE EMERGENCY AT THE GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER STATION, то EXCHANGE INFORMATION PROMPTLY ABOUT THE FACILITIES OR ACTIVITIES INVOLVED; THE ESTIMATED OR ESTABLISHED CAUSE AND FORESEEABLE DEVELOPMENTS OF A NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; THE PREVAILING AND FORECAST METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; THE NATURE OF THE RADIOACTIVE RELEASE; THE RESULTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; THE OFF-SITE PROTECTIVE MEASURES TAKEN OR PLANNED; AND THE PREDICTED BEHAVIOUR OF THE RADIOACTIVE RELEASE.

/THE MEMORANDUM