Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 12:13:19 
 
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16 Oct 1996 (Reuter) - When a swedish Viggen air force jet
crashed into the Baltic on Wednesday, it missed the russian
nuclear-poweres warship ``Pyotr Veliky'' by only about 180 m.
The accident happend about 120 km southeast of Gotland. The
pilot was not found.

16 Oct 1996 (Reuter) - Russian Defense Secretary Igor Rodionov
agreed with his American counterpart, William Perry, to force
the ratification of the START-2 treaty about nuclear arms
reduction, which most of the russsian lawmakers still reject.
During his travel to Russia to pressure on this matter, Perry
pointed out the financial aspect of the problem, and said the
extension of the NATO would happen anyway.

16 Oct 1996 (Reuter) - With Algeria having signed the nuclear
test ban treaty, only North Korea, Pakistan, India and
Bangladesh would be required to sign to make the traty enter
into force, but actually none of them is expected to do so
soon.

14 Oct 1996 (UPI) -- A regional conference about nuclear power
will be held in Tokyo, Japan on November 5. Officials from
Australia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, South
Korea, Thailand and Vietnam shall discuss about waste
management, safety and the establishment of nuclear liability
regimes.

16 Oct 1996 (Reuter) - U.S. ambassador to Japan Walter Mondale
said the agreement with North Korea about the delivery of two
nuclear reactors in return for its freeze of any nuclear arms
programme would not be affected by the recent incident with
the North Korean submarine landing 26 North Koreans on the
east coast of South Korea.

16 Oct 1996 (Reuter) - General Electric, which won the bidding
about building the fourth Taiwanese nuclear power plant, said
it would seek compensation if construction work wouldn't start
on thursday. It still remains uncertain whether the parliament
will revoke its May decision to cancel funding for the
project.


14 Oct 1996 (UPI) -- Thermal Science Inc., a company which
produced fire retardant, was suggested by the NRC to be fined
with U.S.$ 900,000 for selling substandard material. The
concerned substance, Thermo-Lag, should protect crucial
electrical cables for at least three hours, while it actually
stands less then one hour. It was used in more then 70 plants
nationwide.