TNAG-1499-FCO40-2057-Guangdong-nuclear-power-station-project-at-Daya-Bay-safety-c-1986 — Page 138

(i)

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

technology and the safety aspects of Daya Bay;

invitation

to Miss Tam, the convenor of the

UMELCO ad hoc group involved, to bring a party to

installations and institutions in

visit nuclear

(ii)

an

France;

(iii)

the Chinese

Chinese at a high

French Ambassadors in

an early joint approach

level by the British and 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

British a

nuclear expert should visit

Peking for talks on the project.

7.

At the

Kong

we shall be

time same

assisting the Hong

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.

He will

witness an exercise to test contingency planning by a local

authority situated near a nuclear station. The French 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.

I think that this programme of action should do much to meet the Governor's immediate needs. I discussed it

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

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