Nuclear safety test for islands

Tests are being carried out to ensure Jersey and Guernsey have adequate safety plans in place in the event of a nuclear accident in France.

French authorities will hold an exercise at a nuclear waste treatment plant at Cap de la Hauge on the Normandy coast on Thursday.

It will include checking Jersey and Guernsey's dedicated telephone links to the French authorities.

Next year the islands hope to take part in joint exercises with France,

Jersey's Emergency Planning Officer, Michael Long, said Thursday's exercise is part of wider efforts to develop closer working relationships between the emergency planning authorities and France.