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Aug 17 1996 (Reuter) - Tibetan godking and Nobel peace  
laureate the Dalai Lama supports India's decision to reject a  
proposed global pact banning nuclear explosions, the Times of  
India daily said on Saturday. ``I support India's stand on the
CTBT (Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty) that all nuclear powers
should make a timetable for eventual elimination of all
nuclear weapons. When Tibet was a free nation, the Indian
border was the safest. Today, China is growing as an economic
power and the   population of Chinese settlers in Tibet is
increasing. This, I   think, is a new threat to this
country.''  

Aug 16 1996 (Reuter) - Northeast Utilities, under criminal   
investigation over its nuclear power plants, said Friday the  
head of its nuclear division left the company and it expects a 
loss for the current quarter since four of its plants are shut 
down for safety reasons. The U.S. Attorney for Connecticut
said Thursday that Northeast Utilities was under criminal
investigation into allegations concerning the operation of its
nuclear plants and compliance with environmental laws.   
The company found during its own investigation discrepancies   
in its internal records of the chlorine discharges.

Aug 16 1996 (Reuter) - International negotiators ``agreed to   
disagree'' on a nuclear test ban treaty Friday but its backers 
said they still hoped to salvage the text next week. The
negotiating committee adopted its final report to the full
Conference on Disarmament (CD) conceding that ``no  
consensus'' could be reached either on adopting the text
itself   or even on formally passing it to the whole Geneva
forum. One scenario next week is for Western countries to
force a showdown by making India publicly veto the text.   

Aug 16 1996 (Reuter) - India vowed Friday to oppose any effort
to send a global nuclear test ban treaty to the United Nations
General Assembly, and foreign diplomats warned New Delhi of
possible fallout from its stance against the pact.   
 The Indian government and main political parties want the   
accord to commit the five declared nuclear powers -- Britain,  
China, France, Russia and the United States -- to a timetable  
for dismantling their nuclear arms.   

Aug. 16 1996 (UPI) -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is   
fining Consumers Power Company Friday for failing to take
prompt action   on fire safety concerns at the Palisades
nuclear power facility. The plant, located along Lake
Michigan, has been a concern of anti-nuclear groups in the
state because of its age and the controversial storage of
high-level radioactive waste on the site. The utility was
informed that there were deficiencies in the coordination of
fuses in the electrical circuitry for an emergency  
generator.

Aug. 17 1996 (UPI) -- City and state regulatory officials said
they plan on attending a meeting in the state capital to mull
possible new tasks for the Pantex Nuclear Weapons plant. Roger
Mulder, director of Pantex for the governor's office, said
Friday he planned the meeting to inform participants about
Energy Department ideas about using elements from disassembled
weapons to make mox fuels already used in Europe. Mulder said
he organized the Aug. 29-30 meeting to teach participants
about mixed oxide fuel. The meeting will also include
officials from Cogema and BNFL -- two  European companies that
operate MOX fuel facilities, Mulder said.

Aug 17 1996 (Reuter) - Indian Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda
has vowed not to give in to international pressure to agree to
a global nuclear test ban treaty that New Delhi finds
discriminatory, a government spokesman said Saturday. India
has vetoed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) being
negotiated in Geneva and has sworn to oppose further any
attempts to send the draft treaty to the United Nations
General Assembly.

Aug 17 1996 (Reuter) - Tibetan godking and Nobel peace
laureate the Dalai Lama supports India's decision to reject
aproposed global pact banning nuclear explosions, the Times of
India daily said Saturday.``I support India's stand on the
CTBT (Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty) that all nuclear powers
should make a timetable foreventual elimination of all nuclear
weapons,'' the Buddhist spiritual leader told the newspaper in
an interview. ``At present, what's happening is that an
attempt is being made to prevent non-nuclear powers from
testing. This is inadequate... it's very important to work for
eventual elimination of all nuclear wepaons,'' he said.