Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 12:41:22 
 
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18 Sep 1996 (Reuter) - Experts said Wednesday that abnormal
readings in the ``sarcophagus'' housing the Chernobyl nuclear
plant's ruined fourth reactor posed no immediate threat but
stressed that the cracking structure had to be replaced. In
Vienna, Ukraine's top negotiator on closing Chernobyl
acknowledged the increase of neutron activity inside the
sarcophagus which was hurriedly erected after the fire and
explosion at the plant 10 years ago. 

18 Sep 1996 (Reuter) - Russia and the United States agreed
late Tuesday on practical steps to begin inspecting the
Russian Federation's nuclear arsenal, the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) said Wednesday. IAEA spokesman Hans Meyer
told Reuters the Russian Federation had agreed to place
fissile material -- uranium and plutonium stocks -- under IAEA
inspection, but the amount had not been specified.