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WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1994

THE ORIGINAL MOTION ALSO REFERS SPECIFICALLY TO INDOOR IN DRAFTING OUR CONTINGENCY PLAN,

WE CONSIDERED SHELTERING MEASURES. VERY CAREFULLY THE NEED FOR SHELTERING. THIS NEED WAS FIRST ADDRESSED BY EXPERTS IN A 1987 REPORT, PREPARED FOR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

BEST OUR FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM'S ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY, ON HOW

SHOULD BE CONTINGENCY PLANNING

CARRIED

THE ATOMIC OUT.

ENERGY CONSENSUS AUTHORITY ADVISED THAT AT 25 KM FROM THE REACTOR THERE IS A OF INTERNATIONAL OPINION THAT THERE SHOULD ONLY EXIST A NEED FOR PLANS FOR EVACUATION AND PERHAPS CONTROL OF FOODSTUFFS.

AT THIS AND SHELTERING

NECESSARY ARE NOT GENERALLY CONSIDERED DISTANCE. THIS REPORT PREDATED OUR CONTINGENCY PLAN AND WE TOOK

BAY DAYA

CONTINGENCY ADVICE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN PREPARING OUR PLAN.

MONITORING

WE

ITS

SHELTERING. A PRECAUTIONARY

DECISION,

THE CONTINGENCY PLAN TAKES A CAUTIOUS APPROACH ON HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THE NEED FOR SHELTERING, AS MEASURE ONLY, APPLIES ONLY TO PING CHAU, WHICH IS SOME 13 KM AWAY FROM THE

WE IN REACHING THIS GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER STATION,

FOR EXAMPLE, THE CO- HAVE FOLLOWED INTERNATIONAL ADVICE AND PRACTICE.

EMERGENCY

FOR ASSISTANCE SERVICES

THE ORDINATOR OF

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY STATED PUBLICLY IN MAY LAST YEAR

'NO COUNTRY HAS EVER SEEN A NEED TO DEVELOP PLANS OR EXERCISE A A CAPABILITY TO EVACUATE OR SHELTER POPULATION AS A RESULT OF NUCLEAR ACCIDENT, BEYOND 16 KM.

MORE RECENTLY, A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, WHO WAS INVITED TO HONG KONG ON A SPONSORED VISIT, STATED AFTER GOING TO DAYA BAY -

RADIATION PRIVATELY-

'WE WENT RECOMMENDATIONS BETTER THAN THAT.

SATISFIED AWAY

THAT THEY

FOLLOWED

THE

IAEA

IN THEIR EMERGENCY PLANS. YOU CAN'T

DO ANY

+

IN OTHER

GERMANY,

SPAIN,

LIKE MEMBERS MAY

ZONES TO KNOW OF THE SHELTERING PLACES. IN CANADA SHELTERING IS REQUIRED UP TO 10 KILOMETRES FROM THE

IN PLANT.

FRANCE IT

IN 10 IS ALSO

KILOMETRES.

KILOMETRES;

ITALY,

KILOMETRES; 5 KILOMETRES; JAPAN, 10 KILOMETRES; SWEDEN, 15 KILOMETRES; SWITZERLAND, 20 KILOMETRES AND UNITED STATES, 16 KILOMETRES. IN HONG KONG WE HAVE ADOPTED A OF 20 KILOMETRES. ACCORDING TO ALL INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS HONG HAS ADOPTED A PRUDENT AND CONSERVATIVE MEASURE.

10

10

THE

FIGURE KONG

MORNING. TWO

WILL BE

MEMBERS WILL BE AWARE THAT, THIS COMING FRIDAY EXPERTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM'S ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITIES MEETING THE ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS PANEL. THEY HAVE BEEN BROUGHT HONG KONG SPECIFICALLY TO DISCUSS CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND TO MEMBERS' CONCERNS. I AM CONFIDENT THAT THESE TWO EXPERTS WILL

ACTIONS ON CONFIRM

SHELTERING ARE

CONSERVATIVE.

THAT OUR

BOTH

ΤΟ

ANSWER AGAIN

PRUDENT AND

/MR PRESIDENT,