Conf? u Topic 133 headlines Response 3 of 6 MXE115 energy.nuclear 12:18 PM Feb 9, 1995 (at PSUVM.PSU.EDU) (From News system) Via GlobeNet BBS, Paris Fr. ==> From: MXE115@PSUVM.PSU.EDU ("Mike Ewall") NUKE-NET HEADLINE ALERT (Feb. 3) Reuter is reporting the Japanese government agrees with Greenpeace that the nuclear waste shipping route should be revealed publicly. The 112 ton shipment will leave Europe in mid-February. (Feb. 2) Reuter is reporting that the president of the Czech Republic says his country should avoid building any more nuclear plants. The goverment is drafting laws that will regulate safety, waste and insurance concerns. (Feb. 2) Reuter is reporting that Romania has received its first shipment of uranium from Canada for its nuclear plant at Cernavoda which is scheduled to go online in March. Romania started construction on its five reactors in 1979 under communist rule. (Feb. 1) Reuter is reporting that Russia is praising the United States for extending the nuclear test ban and is planning to sign the extension agreement sometime this year. (Feb. 1) Reuter is reporting that Greenpeace protestors painted "nuclear rubbish tip" on the side of the Japanese ship Pacific Crane which will haul nuclear waste while other protestors entered the nearby nuclear waste storage facilities. In the next 15 years, about 3,000 barrels waste are to be shipped to Japan from plants at La Hague in Normandy and Sellafield in England. (Jan. 31) Reuter is reporting that Iraq is urging all Arab nations to avoid signing the Non-Proliferation Treaty unless Israel does. (Jan. 31) Reuter is reporting that the Russian nuclear power plant Sosnovy Bor has shut down for the second time in a month due to mechanical malfunctions. Sosnovy Bor was the scene of a major incident in March 1992 when radioactive iodine and inert gases escaped after a loss of pressure in a reactor channel, triggering international concern. (Jan. 31) Reuter is reporting that Denmark is demanding the release of all classified data on the 1968 crash of a B-52 nuclear bomber in Thule Greenland and the cleanup of any radioactive debris that resulted from a fire. Recently released document showed that a US submarine searched for an unidentified object under the ice shortly after the official cleanup was over. (Portzlines88 adds: I was in Thule Greenland in 1979. The Three Mile Island accident prompted several US Air Force Officers to tell me and my companions from Harrisburg that at least one hydrogen bomb was still under the ice. I have pictures of a team of Navy Seals conducting a diving operation under the ice while we were there.) (Jan. 31) Reuter is reporting that Great Britain has started up the Sizewell B nuclear plant on Tuesday despite 14 years of investigations, public opposition and protests. One member of the British Parliament said that it was time for the government to come clean with the true costs of generating nuclear power. (Jan. 31) Reuter is reporting that Shimon Peres expects no change in Israel's refusal to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty citing the threat of war from enemies in the Mid-East. (Jan. 31) Reuter is reporting that the United States is accusing France and China of stalling negotiations for a nuclear test ban. (Jan. 31) UPI is reporting that a senior U.S. arms negotiator is hopeful that an international ban on nuclear testing could be approved this year. end