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STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES

AT KAI TAK, WEDNESDAY, 23 JULY

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As you know the main purpose of my visit to

Europe was to investigate the arrangements made for dealing with incidents at nuclear power station, in particular the arrangements made by the plant operators and by the civil authorities in the area immediately

surrounding these stations.

In the United Kingdom I visited most of the

Government authorities concerned with the civil nuclear

programme including the Department of Energy, the

Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, the National

Radiological Protection Board, the Central Electricity

Board.

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Generating Authority and the UK Atomic Energy Board. Authoutu I also met two local authority emergency planning

officers in Manchester and Preston and had discussions

with police, ambulance and fire services. On each occasion I explored with them their role on the erect of a nuclear incident. The highlight of the visit to the United Kingdom was a two-day exercise of emergency procedures at the Heysham No. 2 Station in Lancashire. I spent over 12 hours at this Station as an observer of the exercise and took part in the subsequent analysis of it le exercite.

In France I spent 10 hours at the Gravelines nuclear power station which is situated between Dunkirk

and Calais. This station has six reactors and is

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