Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 22:58:23 -0500
 
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Dec. 20 - 1996 (Reuter) Belarus wants to build a nuclear power
plant at the Russian border and seeks 3 to 5 billion dollars
investment. Energy Minister Valentin Gerasimov told a news
conference that construction will begin at the end of the
century and will be completed in 2005.

Dec. 20 - 1996 (Reuter) -The Finnish company Metorex
International Oy has developed a device to X-ray a complete
truck with contents and containers a.s.o. to check on illegal
goods such al weapons, drugs, explosivs a.s.o. This machine
can be used by customs and can check about 25 vehicles an
hour.

Dec. 20 - 1996 (UPI) - A shipment of 40 shipping-containers
with nuclear waste will leave France January 16th, 1997 and
arrives at Rokkasho, Japan in March (Greenpeace). There the
nuclear waste is stored for 30 to 50 years till the first
Japanese fuel-reprocessing plant is in operation.

23 Dec. - 1996 (Reuter)  -  Overall safety and health costs
should drop significantly if a number of nuclear sites and
facilities are closed and cleaned (at the cost of 135 dollars
annually), according to the Energy Department. The DOE has
asked the US congress friday to transfer the oversight of
safety of the various nuclear sites to the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.

22 Dec. - 1996 (Reuter) - Gov. Angus King of New England (USA)
has announced the Maine Yankee nuclear power plant (910
megawatt) is allowed to be on 90% capacity only till a new
safety computer test has been reviewed. The president of the
plant, Frizzle, will be replaced next year by someone from
outside New England. The reduction of power took place after a
series of mismanagements and shutdowns. Also the safety
procedures did not match with those of the NRC.