Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 12:09:57 
 
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19 Sep 1996 (Reuter) - The NRC asked the Justice Departement
to review the results of an investigaton of the Main Yankee
npp. There have been made allegiations that tests of the
emergency core cooling system conducted in the 1980s were
fraudulently manipulated. DONE

25 Sep 1996 (Reuter) - The US tries to put pressure on India
to peruade the country to sign the CTBT. India claims the
treaty undermines its sovereignty. India wants to take a
rotating seat in the UN Security Council, but probably will
not get it, partially because of its position on the CTBT. 

20 Sep 1996 (UPI) - Austria is becoming a leading center for
illegal trade of radioactive materials. In 1995 the Austrian
authorities handled 24 cases which are related to the
smuggling of radioactive materials. DONE

25 Sep 1996 (Reuter) - Ukrainian officials denied Thursday
that a limited chain reaction had taken place within the
"sarcophagus". The increased neutron radiation inside the
building is said to be caused by natural fluctuation, and is
far below levels that could cause a serious chain reaction. A
projext to build a new tomb makes no progress, and will be
discussed at a G-7 meeting in Paris in october. DONE

25 Sep 1996 (Reuter) - The European Commission adopted a draft
"Illustrative Nuclear Programme". The Commision states that
nuclear energy has a favourable impact on the reduction of
carbon dioxide emissions and the economy of the member states.
No production targets were stated. The associated nuclear
industry (FORATOM) welcomed the programme. DONE

25 Sep 1996 (Reuter) - During an accident at the Duke Power
Co. owned Oconee facility in Seneca, South Carolina, seven
workers were burned, four of them critically. After a shutdown
on monday due to a leaking valve, the reactor just returned to
service when a steam pipe burst late Tuesday.

25 Sep 1996 (UPI) - In front of Hiroshima's peace monument on
wednsday there was a sit-in of a anti-nuclear group calling
for a total ban of nuclear weapons. 

26 Sep 1996 (UPI) - On November 5 ther will be a couple of
issues will be held a referendum on in Illinois, among them a
proposal for a low-level nuclear waste disposal facility in
southern counties Fayette and Effingham.

26 Sep 1996 (Reuter) - An agreement for the joint handling of
nuclear waste from russian scrapped Cold War submarines was
signed on Thursday by the United States, Russia and Norway.
The Kola peninsula, which formed the backbone of USSR's
strategic nuclear programme, has the highest concentration in
the world of nuclear reactors, active or abandoned.

26 Sep 1996 (Reuter) - In a speech to the General Assembly on
Thursday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Hennadi Udovenko
expressed concern Thursday at the possible deployment of
nuclear weapons on the territory of some of his country's
neighbors, rfering to their potential membership in NATO. ``I
would like to emphasize that the possible deployment of
nuclear weapons on the territories of our neighbors in Central
and Eastern Europe is a matter of great concern to us,'' he
said. 

26 Sep 1996 (Reuter) - The news about increased neutron
radiation levels are more and more seen as an attempt of the
Ukraine to ease public concern for getting money. ``Nuclear
blackmail for their own ends?'' reads one headline in the
russian top liberal newspaper Izvestia.``Kiev is again using
Chernobyl to intimidate the world but specialists see no real
danger.'' Ukrainian officials backed down after that, denying
``any suggestion that the containment structure is on the
brink of an accident''. 

26 Sep 1996 (Reuter) - Taipower officials said on Thursday
they had told General Electric to begin construction of the
controversial forth nuclear power station, the budget of which
was cancelled by the parliament on May 24.


26 Sep 1996 (Reuter) - By the end of the year, the phillipine
National Power Corp (Napcor) will sell $20 to $30 million
worth of uranium, which was ment to fuel the Bataan power
plant. The documents for a public tender are being finalized,
Napcor Chairman Francisco Viray said on Thursday.

26 Sep 1996 (Reuter) - Vietnam needs a nuclear power industry
within 15 years, according to the Vietnam Electricity
Corporation. This was reported on Thursday in official
newspapers. However some officials are concerned about safety
and the disposal of waste. Vietnam currently runs one npp,
which it sais is used for research only. Hanoi signed the CTBT
earlier this week. 

25 Sep 1996 (Reuter) - Israel signed the CTBT last Wednesday,
but sais this does not reflect any change in its nuclear
policy. The treaty has been signed by over 70 countries,
including the five declared nuclear weapon states. The treaty
will not enter into force until all countries with nuclear
reactors have signed it, but India refuses to do so.