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ATOMIC QUESTIONS GROUP: 20 MAY
28 MAY 1980
CHERNOBYL.
DESK OFFIĖM
INDEX
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SUMMARY.
JSTHY
1. COMMISSION ANNOUNCES EXTENSIVE LIST OF QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION
POST CHERNOBYL. PRESIDENCY FOCUSSES FUTURE ACTIVITY ON FIVE AREAS ON WHICH COMMUNITY AND TWELVE SHOULD CO-OPERATE IN INTERNATIONAL FORA.
UK AND FRANCE EMPHASISE NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON MAIN PROBLEM RATHER
THAN IRRELEVANCIES.
DETAIL.
2. THE COMMISSION SAID THAT THEY WERE PREPARING A FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT
SETTING OUT THE MAIN QUESTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED FOLLOWING
CHERNOBYL. THIS DOCUMENT WAS NOT YET APPROVED, IT WAS TO GO TO THE
COMMISSION TOMORROW, BUT WAS INTENDED TO RPOVIDE AN OVERALL STRUCTURE WITHIN WHICH THE COMMISSION COULD DECIDE WHERE (AND
WHETHER) TO PUT PROPOSALS FORWARD. IT COVERED THE FOLLOWING MATTERS:
(A) PUBLIC HEALTH:
(1)
(11)
(III)
WAS THERE A NEED TO RE-EXAMINE THE BASIC SAFETY
STANDARDS?
SHOULD THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLES 35 AND 36 EURATOM
BE TIGHTENED? 1.E.: SHOULD MONITORING LEVELS BE MORE THOROUGH AND THE RESULTS MORE EXTENSIVELY CIRCULATED.
HOW COULD APPLICATION OF THE BASIC STANDARDS BE MADE
MORE EFFECTIVE?
INTRODUCTION OF AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (A LA INFCIRC
321) FOR EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON RADIATION LEVELS, ETC. IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS. THIS SHOULD BE CLOSELY
LINKED TO THE EXISTING SYSTEM FOR EXCHANGE OF
INFORMATION ON FOOD CONTAMINATION.
(IV) COMMON STANDARDS SHOULD BE AGREED ON THRESHHOLDS FOR
CONTAMINATED FOOD (WHICH WAS LIKELY TO BE A COMPLEX AND
DELICATE BUSINESS).
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