A round-up of media reports and commentaries
on the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station
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Thursday, May 5
Radio-1 and some papers quoted a Legco document
as reporting that the Government hoped to have formal discussions with the Chinese on the part of the contingency plans that needed co-operation across the border.
The document also noted that the Government was carefully studying a proposal to set up an independent advisory body on nuclear energy, but it was sure that the terms of reference of this body would not be the same as the monitoring organisations in the US and Japan.
Tin Tin Daily News carried a full-page colour feature on
information on radiation.
The SCM Post reported that the long-awaited consultancy report on nuclear accident contingency measures for HK had left out at least two main emergency planning issues.
It said the Harwell recommendations failed to cover the psychological effects of how people would react to a mere rumour of nuclear fall-out.
Neither did it tackle possible legal implications arising from the need to confiscate radiation contaminated food or to order -residents-to-take-certain-actions-during-an-emergency==
In a feature article, the paper commented on the just published
It said the Government booklet entitled "Understanding Radiation". book did not promote a better understanding of this emotive subject.
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Friday, May 6 Contents of a detailed report on contingency planning in relation to any possible accidental release of radioactivity from the Daya Bay nuclear power plant released by the Government yesterday was given prominent and extensive coverage in the
media.
The contents were given front-page lead treatment in the HK Times, Wah Kiu Yat Po, the Express and the HK Commercial Daily. They were also reported as a back-page lead in Wen Wei Po, and an inside-page lead in a number of other papers, including Sing Tao Jih Pao, Ming Pao and the Oriental Daily News.
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