TNAG-1498-FCO40-2056-Guangdong-nuclear-power-station-project-at-Daya-Bay-safety-c-1986 — Page 67

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(i)

the despatch to Hong Kong of a team from the French nuclear industry, equipped to brief UMELCO and the

press on the safety record of French nuclear

technology and the safety aspects of Daya Bay;

(ii)

an

invitation to Miss

Tam, the convenor of the

to bring a party to

UMELCO ad hoc group involved,

visit nuclear installations and institutions in

France;

(iii) an early joint approach to the Chinese at a high

level by the British and French Ambassadors in Peking. They would urge the Chinese to adopt the highest possible safety standards at Daya

Bay: to take more effective steps to convey

this commitment to the Hong Kong people; to

invite Hong Kong representatives to an early briefing at the Daya Bay site; and to agree

that a British nuclear expert should visit

Peking for talks on the project.

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7.

At the same time we

shall be assisting

the Hong

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He will

Kong Government by providing detailed technical briefing and guidance. The senior Hong Kong Government official concerned will be visiting London shortly for talks with officials, the UKAEA and local authorities. witness an exercise to test contingency planning by a local authority situated nuclear industry has also offered to show him installations in France and Holland. (One, similar to that planned for Daya Bay, is situated within 8 miles of Antwerp.)

8.

near

a

nuclear

station.

The

French

I think that this programme of action should do much

to meet the Governor's immediate needs.

on

discussed it

and found him

with him the telephone this afternoon, somewhat reassured. Where his more far-reaching ideas are concerned, I propose to submit next week a minute from the

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