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the specific needs of the areas in the vicinity of the Plant.

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(1) Setting up a national incident response headquarters : The Chinese experts recognized that all on-site

incidents, no matter how serious or how insignificant, should be reported to the Central authorities for analysis and record. This could ensure openness as well as continued progress in the

plant's operations. As for the setting up of a national incident

response headquarters, the Chinese authorities said that the

concept was in principle correct. But since there would only be

2 full scale nuclear plants in China in the near future, they

would have to consider where and when to set up a national

headquarters for incident response. Nevertheless, there would

certainly be development in this direction after the Daya Bay and

Qinshan Nuclear Plants came into operation.

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(2) Establishment of an effective and independent communication system : At present, there were direct telephone

links between the Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Co.

(GNPJVC) and the Hong Kong Nuclear Investment Co. (HKNIC). But

the Chinese authorities agreed that to cater for responses to

there must there must be direct communication links with HKNIC

and the relevant authorities in Hong Kong. Detailed

arrangements, however, would be decided in the context of the

comprehensive contingency plan which was now being drawn up.

incidents,

30.

(3) Consolidated Instruction Manual

In respect of

emergency response operation at the nuclear power plant, we were

told that consolidated instruction manual had been compiled, so

as to ensure efficient division of labour during emergency response action.

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(4) To join the IAEA Convention on Early Notification

of a Nuclear Accident and the Convention on Assistance in the

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