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                    NUKE-NET  HEADLINE  ALERT


     (Mar. 3) Reuter is reporting that German and Russian
scientists have studied a process to convert plutonium from
nuclear weapons into power reactor fuel.  Germany has spent
around $13.8 million since 1993 to help Russia disarm. It plans
to boost that amount in 1995, a ministry statement said.

     (Mar. 3) Reuter is reporting that Austria is offering
$50 million (US) to Slovakia to convert the planned controversial
Mochovce nuclear plant to a gas-powered facility.

     (Mar.3) Reuter is reporting that Russia plans to finish
constructing a nuclear reprocessing plant in eastern Siberia
which was suspended in 1989.  A Greenpeace spokesman said the
plant could produce material for 428 nuclear bombs a year.

     (Mar. 2) Reuter is reporting that 300 South Korean nuclear
waste protestors wearing skeleton masks and carrying wooden poles
clashed with riot police over plans to build a nuclear waste
incinerator.

     (Mar. 1) UPI is reporting that US nuclear weapon inspectors
have arrived in Moscow to examine Russian compliance with the
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.  The treaty places limits on
intercontinental missiles, launchers, warheads and heavy bombers
and requires destruction of weapons to obtain the specified
limits.

     (Feb. 28) Reuter is reporting Japan has assured Indonesia
that the nuclear waste ship will not pass through their waters.

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