RESTRICTED
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OFFICERS IN MANCHESTER AND PRESTON AND HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH
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ON EACH OCCASION I POLICE, AMBULANCE AND FIRE SERVICES. EXPLORED WITH THEM THEIR ROLE IN THE EVENT 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 AND TOOK PART IN THE SUBSEQUENT ANALYSIS OF THE EXERCISE.
IN FRANCE I SPENT 10 HOURS AT THE GRAVELINES NUCLEAR POWER
THIS STATION WHICH IS SITUATED BEWTEEN DUNKIRK AND CALAIS. STATION HAS SIX REACTORS AND IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD. THE 5TH AND 6TH UNITS WHICH WERE COMMISSIONED LAST YEAR
ARE THE SAME DESIGN AS THOSE FOR DAYA BAY. I HAD A SERIES OF MOST USEFUL DISCUSSIONS WITH OFFICIALS AT ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE WHO ARE THE OPERATORS OF THE PLANT AND WHO ARE PROVIDING TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND OTHER SERVICES TO THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY IN SHENZHEN. AS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THE TALKS CENTRED AROUND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DESIGN SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PLANNING,
BOTH ON AND OFF SITE.
AS YOU WILL APPRECIATE AND AS I TOLD YOU BEFORE I LEFT I HAVE NOT COME BACK WITH A DETAILED PLAN FOR DEALING IN HONG KONG WITH THE EFFECTS OF AN INCIDENT AT DAYA BAY. I HAVE, HOWEVER, COLLECTED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION WHICH WILL, FOLLOWING FURTHER ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION WITH OUR CONSULTANTS, ENABLE US TO DEVELOP SUITABLE PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE DETERMINATION OF APPROPRIATE COUNTERMEASURES TO BE TAKEN BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS PART OF ITS OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CIVIL
CONTINGENCY PLANNING.
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HOWE
GUANGDONG
LIMITED
HKD
FED
NED
TRED
PUSD(MR CROWLEY) WED
[COPIES SENT TO NO 10 DOWNING STREET]
PS
PS/MR RENTON PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING
MR DAUNT
MR WILSON MR SLATER
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
GUANGDONG NUCLEAR
HKGO LONDON
A
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