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UMELCO VISIT TO VIENNA

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1. THE UMELCO DELEGATION LEFT ON SATURDAY 9 AUGUST, APPARENTLY WELL

SATISFIED WITH THEIR VISIT.

2. THEY SAW VARIOUS SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE 14E4, INCLUDING THE

ACTING DIRECTOR GENERAL, KONSTANTINOV, DIRECTOR OF NUCLEAR SAFETY, ROSEN, AND DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS, HERZIG, WHO EXPLAINED THE ROLE OF THE AGENCY, THE RELATIVE RISKS OF NUCLEAR POWER AND HOW THE

AGENCY PROVIDES ADVICE AND GUIDANCE ON NUCLEAR SAFETY.

3. THEY MET THE AUSTRIAN VICE CHANCELLOR NORBERT STEGER (ALSO MINISTER FOR COMMERCE, TRADE AND INDUSTRY WHICH INCLUDES ENERGY) AND THE MINISTER FOR THE INTERIOR, KARL BLECHA. STEGER EXPLAINED AUSTRIAN ENERGY REQUIREMENTS AND SOURCES, AND WHY NUCLEAR POWER IS

CURRENTLY UNACCEPTABLE IN AUSTRIA.

4. FINALLY THEY MET DR PETER WEISS, 4 BIOLOGIST AT THE INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES WHO IS A SUPPORTER OF THE QUOTE ONE

MINUTE TO TWELVE UNQUOTE ANTI-NUCLEAR GROUP. HE GAVE THEM THE

BACKGROUND TO THE ANTI-NUCLEAR MOVEMENT IN AUSTRIA AND EXPLAINED HOW

HE PUTS OVER HIS ANTI-NUCLEAR POINT TO VARIOUS INTERESTED PARTIES. 5. THE GROUP WAS PROVIDED WITH MUCH INFORMATION AND LITERATURE BY THE 14E4, WHOSE READINESS TO SHARE TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND ASSESSMENT IMPRESSED THEM. THREE POINTS ARE WORTHY OF NOTE. FIRST, THEY ARE CONSIDERING INVITING A SENIOR 14E 4 REPRESENTATIVE TO HONG

KONG TO TALK ON THE SUBJECT OF NUCLEAR POWER OR SAFETY. I SUGGESTED, AT MY INITIAL BRIEFING, THAT EITHER BLIX, THE DIRECTOR GENERAL,

OR

ROSEN WOULD BE SUITABLE. THEY SOUNDED OUT THE LATTER, WHO THOUGHT THAT HE COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE.

6. SECONDLY, THAT ROSEN EMPHASISED SOVIET CONCERN TO PROTECT THE KIEV WATER SUPPLY FROM A POSSIBLE MELT-DOWN AT CHERNOBYL. THIS MAY

WELL LEAD THE DELEGATION TO STUDY THE POSSIBLE EFFECT ON HONG KONG

WATER SUPPLIES FROM A DAYA BAY MELT-DOWN.

7. THIRDLY WAS THE DELEGATION'S INTEREST IN 14E4 OSARTS

(OPERATIONAL SAFETY REVIEW TEAMS) TO STUDY THE SAFETY OF NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS. THESE TEAMS ONLY VISIT PLANTS AT THE REQUEST OF THE

STATE IN WHOSE TERRITORY THE PLANT IS, AND IF THE IAEA CAN FIT THEM

IN. IT WAS APPARENT THAT THE DELEGATION WOULD HAVE LIKED TO BE ABLE

TO SAY THAT AN OSART TEAM WOULD BE VISITING DAYA BAY.

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