Subject: headlines NUKE-NET HEADLINE ALERT '95 (June 26) Reuter is reporting that Great Britain has no plans to resume nuclear testing. (June 26) Reuter is reporting that one thousand people marched through the capital of New Zealand and tossed eggs at the French Embassy to protest France's decision to resume testing. (June 26) Reuter is reporting that Russia might cancel future sales of uranium to the US unless the price is raised. The source of the uranium is dismantled Russian warheads. (June 27) Reuter is reporting that French President Chirac is dismissing criticism from other European Union leaders and says his decision is irrevocable. Greenpeace says France wants to develop a more powerful nuclear warhead and a new long-range missile. (June 27) Reuter is reporting that Germany may reprocess plutonium from Russian warheads at Siemens AG's Hanau plant outside Frankfurt. The US embassy there says American officials visited the plant and talked to German officials about the "global excess plutonium situation." Both governments are aware that the plans will face heavy opposition. (June 27) Reuter is reporting that Armenia plans to begin loading nuclear fuel into its Metsamor nuclear plant next month. (June 27) Reuter is reporting that 95% of Australians oppose the French nuclear tests decision. Only 1% favor it. The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior II will arrive at the test site on the tenth anniversary of the deliberate sinking of the original Rainbow Warrior by the French secret service. (June 27) UPI is reporting that the National Air and Space Museum is now displaying restored sections of the Enola Gay which dropped the first nuclear bomb during WWII. (June 27) UPI is reporting that Armenian leaders held a ceremony to mark the opening of their only nuclear reactor. An Armenian religious leader blessed the plant, prayed for its safety and success and said an altar would be erected on its grounds. Environmentalists have opposed recommissioning the plant, saying it does not conform to safety standards and could release radioactive material in the event of another strong earthquake in the seismically- unstable region. (June 28) Reuter is reporting that Denmark, Sweden and Austria issued a joint formal protest against France. (June 28) Reuter is reporting that European Union and Ukrainian negotiators are making little progress to work out a plan to shut down Chernobyl. (June 28) Reuter is reporting that about 30 protestors wore skull masks and bandages outside the French embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia to display their anger. They called the plans to resume testing equally reprehensible as Indonesia's plan to build a nuclear power plant in earthquake-prone Indonesia. (June 28) Reuter is reporting that Australia's prime minister says France should remember that Australian soldiers died on French soil in both world wars and should reverse it decision to test. (June 29) Reuter is reporting that Russia's foreign minister says all moratoriums on testing should continue and criticized France for its decision. (June 29) Reuter is reporting that France is inviting Greenpeace to Mururoa to speak with officials before the tests. The Rainbow Warrior II will not be allowed to dock at the VIP or yachting piers. Greenpeace says it has not yet received an invitation. (June 29) Reuter is reporting that Russia is planning to complete its reactor deal with Iran despite US complaints. (June 29) Reuter is reporting that Greenpeace scoffs at France's invitation to Mururoa to see for themselves that there has been no environmental damage from previous tests. Greenpeace says it would take three months of study to determine the impact and dismisses the invitation as a public relations ploy. (June 30) Reuter is reporting that hundred of protestors blocked roads in Tahiti to coincide with the arrival of the Rainbow Warrior II. Around 15,000 protestors in all have gathered on the island fearing radioactive dangers from the planned nuclear tests. (June 30) Reuter is reporting that a Danish ship left the Cook Islands for Mururoa to protest. Modeled after a Viking ship, it is expected off the test site in about 10 days. (July 2) UPI is reporting that a group of peace activists began a 435 mile walk from Chicago to a Naval communications facility in Wisconsin. The naval center was chosen because it send extremely low frequency communications to US nuclear missile submarines. The march marks the 50th anniversary of the Hiroshima nuclear bombing. (July 3) Reuter is reporting that a fire at a French nuclear plant caused no release of radioactive materials. (July 3) Reuter is reporting that New Zealand is warning France not to attack the Rainbow Warrior II. (July 3) Reuter is reporting that the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says there is little chance for stolen nuclear materials to end up in a country which is pursuing nuclear weapons. He says that media reports are often exaggerated. (July 3) Reuter is reporting that Germany is sympathetic to the need to close Chernobyl but will not provide any more money. Germany is calling on other western nations to ease the burden. (July 3) Reuter is reporting that Denmark is planning to hold hearings to consider compensation for Danish and Greenlandic workers who decontaminated a crash site in Greenland after a B-52 crashed in 1968. Four hydrogen bombs aboard were damaged and radioactive debris was spread over a large area. About 237,000 cubic feet of contaminated snow, ice and water were removed from the crash site by workers who now claim their cancer death rate is 1.5 times the national average. A former Danish prime minister agreed to allow the storage of US nuclear bombs on Greenland in 1957 in direct contradiction with his declared anti-nuclear policy. The US denies that it ever stored nuclear bombs there. [I was in Thule during 1979 and saw Navy Seal divers attempting to find one of the lost bombs which was still under the ice resting on the ocean floor. We were told by Air Force officers that the US did in fact have nuclear bombs there. There were radiation signs and placards everywhere. portzlines88] (July 4) Reuter is reporting that former French President Mitterrand condemned his successor, Jacques Chirac's controversial decision to resume nuclear testing. (July 4) Reuter is reporting that one of France's five nuclear submarines simulated launching all 16 of its nuclear missiles and their 96 thermonuclear warheads. The entire salvo was launched in under five minutes. A coded message would have to come from President Chirac to be authentic. (July 4) Reuter is reporting that the Rainbow Warrior II has left Tahiti for the 600 mile journey to Mururoa. On board were 31 anti-nuclear activists and journalists including left-wing bishop Jacques Gaillot, fired from his French diocese by Pope John Paul this year. The French will not allow the ship within 12 nautical miles of the atoll. (July 4) Reuter is reporting that a leak at the Tarapur nuclear plant in India may have gone unchecked for two months even though officials were aware of the problem. Nearby villagers say livestock have died from the contamination, but an industry spokesman says the release was too small to have killed anything. (July 4) Reuter is reporting that five activists repelled from the roof of the French Embassy in Rome to unfurl a banner condemning Chirac. About 200 other Greenpeace demonstrators assembled to hear a band outside the embassy. (July 4) Reuter is reporting that Australian police charged a man and a woman over last month's firebombing of the French Consulate in Perth to protest France's decision. The man confessed that there is no such anti-nuclear group as the Pacific Popular Front and that he invented the name. (July 4) UPI is reporting that incontrovertible evidence from satellite photos shows Pakistan had obtained 30 Chinese-made M-11 missiles capable of deploying nuclear warheads. China denies the allegation. end