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HICK 166/1 RECH CONFIDENTIAL
Mrs E Mok
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AIL.
Economic Services Branch
Government Secretariat
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HKK 166/1
Date
10 July 1986
Dear Ms Moth
COMMENTS BY MR PATTERSON,
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and obtained a degree in We believe that he may He came to UK thereafter to of our
he has knowledge
2.
Mr Patterson is Canadian by birth, nuclear physics at Manitoba University. have done post-graduate studies.
the lecture.
best write practical experience of the design or operation of nuclear plant.
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He is already very well-known in the UK as an expert on nuclear matters. He is certainly very knowledgeable in general terms, and is the author of a best-selling Penguin book on nuclear
he TV pundit, A frequent TV
works as an power.
independent consultant and is special adviser to the House of Commons Select Committee
Radioactive Waste and Management. He appeared for the Environmental Lobby at the Sizewell Enquiry. anti-nuclear stance since the mid-70s, when he first worked with Friends of the Earth on PWRS, a type of reactor which he regards as inherently dangerous. Some of the papers he has prepared to have contained factual inaccuracies, and this has brought him into further conflict with the British nuclear establishement.
He has taken an
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Hong Kong Department
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