TNAG-1503-FCO40-2061-Guangdong-nuclear-power-station-project-at-Daya-Bay-safety-c-1986 — Page 58

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DVOMAT "ITIC LE CURTIC UNQUATE COLASE, LONCE ITRATE HEAVILY OR THE ACCIDENT. AKE DID NOT DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF OTHER TYPES OF ACCIDENT. THE RUSCIANS EX- PESSEV WILLINGNESS TO JOIN IN FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON HOW DESIGN CAN LYOIS OPERATOR CRROP, LS & FIEST THE AS4 ARE LIKELY TO CRGANISE A CONFERENCE ON THE MAN-MACHINE INTER-FACE. THE IR READINESS TO ACCEPT THE NEED FOR FURTHER WORK IN A NUMBE OF TECHNICAL APEAS WAS IN FICT ONE OF THE MOST ENCOURAGING FEATURES OF THE MEETING, APART FRON THE PAN-MACHINE INTER-PLCE, ABOUT A DOZEN FURTHER WORKSHOPS/STUDY PROSREMMES ARE LIKELY TO FO HELD ON THE TECHNOLOGY OF DECONTAMINATION, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND DOSIMETRIC STUDIES, FIRE FIGHTING, [TC. THE AGENCY WILL BE PREPARING A REPORT ON THE MEETING IN THE COURSE OF NEXT WEEK FOR PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS ON 22/23 SEPTENDER 1986.

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5. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ON ESTIMATES OF CANCER DEATHS IN THE USSP. SOVIET EXPERTS EXPLAINED THAT THEY HAT DELIBERATELY TAKEN AN ESTIMATE OF THE UPPER END OF THE RANGE AND THAT FURTHER WORK COULT REDUCE THESE ESTIMATES, PERHAPS EY & FACTOR OF 10. THE CHAIOMAN OF THE RELEVANT WORKING GROUP SEEMED DISPOSED TO ACCEPT THIS IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERT COMMENT.

6. THERE WAS A VERY BRIEF DISCUSSION ON DERIVED EMERGENCY REFERENCE LEVELS IN FOOD STUFFS. IT WAS ACRFED THAT FURTHER WORK WAS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE & RATIONAL APPROACH TO DEPLS ANT THAT THIS MIGHT BE DEVELOPED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CUPRENT WORK IN THE EC. CONCLUSION

7. THE MEETING, AT WHICH THE UK FIELDED A STRONG TEAM INCLUDING THE CHAIPHAN OF THE CEGE AND THE CHIEF NUCLEAR INSPECTOR, ACHIEVED THE CBJECTIVE OF CONFIRMING THE NATURE OF THE RUSSIAN REACTOR ACCIDENT. IT HAS ALSO CREATED A FRAMEWORK OF CONSTRUCTIVE TECHNICAL DISCUSSION WITHIN WHICH FURTHER JOINT WORK UNDER IMEA AUSPICES WILL TO HELD. IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT THE PUSSIANS VILL THEMSELVES HAVE LEARNT MUCH FROM THIS MEETING, NOT LEAST IN PELATION TO SAFETY CULTURE IN WESTERN

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