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TELNO 433

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AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

INFO PRIORITY PEKING, BTC HONG KONG, UKDEL IAEA VIENNA, BRUSSELS

BRUSSELS (FOR HKGD)

HONG KONG TELNO 2025: GUANGDONG NUCLEAR SAFETY: YAXLEY'S VISIT

1.

WE HAVE HAD SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT YAXLEY VISITING ANTWERP, WHICH DEN TELL US IS IN SOME IMPORTANT RESPECTS DIFFERENT FROM THE REACTOR PLANNED FOR DAYA BAY. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD APPROACH DREE/EDF, EXPLAINING THAT WE WOULD LIKE YAXLEY TO VISIT, IF POSSIBLE ON 21 JULY, ON A ONE DAY EXCURSION FROM LONDON, A PWR AS SIMILAR AS POSSIBLE TO DAYA BAY, AND SIMILARLY CLOSE TO A CENTRE OF POPULATION. YAXLEY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO

DISCUSS CONTINGENCY PLANNING WITH THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES MOST

CLOSELY CONCERNED.

2.

THERE MIGHT BE SOME PRESENTATIONAL ADVANTAGE IN HIS VISITING A REACTOR IN BELGIUM RATHER THAN IN FRANCE, SINCE PUBLIC OPINION IN HONG KONG MIGHT SEE INFORMATION OR EVIDENCE EMANATING FROM FRENCH SOURCES AS FLAWED TO SOME EXTENT, BECAUSE OF FRANCE'S HEAVY COMMITMENT TO, AND PRIDE IN, NUCLEAR POWER. DEN BELIEVE A REACTOR AT CHOOZ, JUST OVER THE BELGIAN FRONTIER, MIGHT BE WORTH CONSIDERING. FAILING THAT, A REACTOR AT GRAVELINES MIGHT BE

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