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the Hong Kong Government to provide 'details of the
arrangements regarding safety and tariff for the purchase
of electricity from the Daya
Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant,
together with such supporting deocuments as do not breach
commercial confidentiality and to explain whether or not
such arrangements will
sufficiently safeguard the long
term interests of the Hong Kong people'. A report
containing this information was issued on 10 November.
The Hong Kong Government is now engaged, with
the help of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, in
drawing up contingency plans which would be implemented in
the unlikely event of an incident occurring at Daya Bay.
In this regard a programme to monitor background radiation
is being prepared SO that any change in the levels of
radiation in Hong Kong, subsequent to the commissioning of
the Day Bay plant, will be detected immediately. The
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has also been
retained to carry out
programme of public education activities
a risk assessment study and a
is under
preparation by the Hong Kong Government in co-ordination
with the Hong Kong Nuclear Investment Company.
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