Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 18:17:26 
 
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 Aug 29 (Reuter) - Siemens on Thursday rejected German
television claims  that it botched construction at Kruemmel
npp, by improperly welding together three parts of a reactor
pressure vessel. A Siemens-spokesman claims the process
conformed to required safety standards.

 Aug 29 (Reuter) - Iraq expressed regret Thursday that no
consensus had been reached on a CTBT, saying the failure could
damage the credibility of the U.N. Conference on Disarmament.
India prevented the 61-nation conference from reaching
consensus last week on a draft CTBT which would prohibit all
nuclear explosions because it  wanted to include disarmament.
However, Australia has vowed to bring the text to the U.N.
General Assembly next month for signature.

 Aug 29 (Reuter) - About 200 German anti-nuclear activists
protested Thursday against nuclear waste transportation by
re-enacting scenes from a demonstration they  staged in May
that turned into a violent clash with police.

 Aug 29 (Reuter) - Bulgaria will not be able to repair its
reactor number four at the Kozloduy npp now because of tests
on reactor number three. Last month Bulgaria signed a
financial memorandum with the European Union (EU) for
receiving a grant of 10 million ECUs as compensation for
switching off its four 440-megawatt reactors, but no term was
set. Bulgaria relies for half its power on the Kozloduy plant.

 Aug 29 (Reuter) - Britain will not join in any sanctions
against India if New Delhi persistes in its opposition to a
global nuclear test ban treaty. "There is no way India can be
forced to agree to a treaty it does not wish to support, nor
is there any way any country can be forced" British Foreign
Secretary Malcolm Rifkind said.

 Aug 28 (Reuter) - Two German physicians have filed a civil
action to close down Kruemmel npp, alleging it is responsible
for a high number of cancer cases in the area. The Mainz
children's cancer register shows that the incidence of
leukemia among children around Kruemmel is up to 70 times
higher than in the rest of the country. But Hamburg
Elektrizitaets-Werke denies any relationship between high
rates of leukemia and the operation of the nuclear power
plant.