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Exercise to test the Daya Bay Contingency Plan
The Government will conduct an exercise to test the response capability of branches and departments involved in the event of an accident occurring at the Guangdong Nuclear Power Station (GNPS), a Security Branch spokesman said today (Monday).
The exercise, involving over 30 branches and departments, will be held on December 12 and 13 with a warm-up exercise on December 2.
"The exercise will primarily be a command post exercise to practise the Government's command, control and communications during the full activation of the DBCP," the spokesman said.
"The public will in no way be affected by the exercise."
"The Hong Kong Government is fully capable of coping with even the most remote chance of an accident at GNPS," he added.
Similar exercises were conducted in November 1990 and May 1993. These exercises are conducted regularly to ensure that the relevant branches and departments are familiar with the contingency plan, and to test the workings of the plan to identify areas that can be further improved.
The spokesman said that overseas experts from the United Nation's International Atomic Energy Agency, the Emergency Committee of Guangdong Province for Nuclear Power Accident and the New South Wales Emergency Service had agreed to take part in the exercise as observers.
After the exercise, the Exercise Planning Team in Security Branch will conduct an evaluation of the exercise.
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