Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 14:32:56
 
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Jan 14, 1997 (Reuter) - U.S. Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary on
Tuesday said the U.S. would use part of the 50 tons of
plutonium from nuclear weapons for mixed oxide fuel for
civilian nuclear reactors, while at least eight tons of the
plutonium would be immobilized at the Savannah River site. The
MOX fuel fabrication would take place in an U.S. facility.

Jan 15, 1997 (Reuter) - The president of the China National
Nuclear Corporation, Jiang Xinxiong, spoke out for ensuring
safety in the planned nuclear power plants, as well as stable
operation of the existing ones.

Jan 15, 1997 (Reuter) - In front of the Japanes consulate in
new Zealand there were protests by Greenpeace activists
against the shipment of nuclear waste from France to Japan
through the South Pacific. New Zealand had banned nuclear
material carrying ships from its waters in the mid-1980s but
cannot act legally against transports out of its 200 miles
zone.

Jan 15, 1997 (Reuter) - Malaysian Cabinet decided on Wednsday
to ban the british ship carrying nuclear waste from France to
Japan from passing through its waters.

Jan 15 (Reuter) - The president of the Federation of German
Industry, Juergen Heraeus, warned that Germany would lose
touch with international developments if german firms would
cancel its nuclear divisions.

Jan 15, 1997 (Reuter) - A document from the british state-
owned company Nirex was diclosed by environmental activits on
Wednsday. The document from the nuclear waste disposal
facility indicates that the planned dump near the scenic Lake
District in northwest England would be unsafe. Nirex officials
claimed the concerns mentioned in the document had already
been thouroughly investigated in the public inquiry.

Jan 15, 1997 (Reuter) - According to a document disclosed on
Wednsday, about 80 grams of plutonium had been left in Vietnam
by the Americans in 1975. The plutonium was shipped to
southern Vietnam in 1962 for a research reactor.

Jan 15, 1995 (Reuter) - Threatend by a fine of $2.5 billion,
the U.S. Department of Energy allows the radioactive air
emmissions of its Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory to be
monitored by an outside auditor. The Concerned Citicens for
Nuclear Safety had began a lawsuit, claiming the emissions
would fail to meet Clean Air Act standards. The gouvernment
will pat U.S.$ 700,000 for the audits.

Jan 16, 1997 (Reuter) - Argentina on Wednsday warned Japan,
France and Britain it would take unspecified steps if
shipments of nuclear waste would pass its waters. On Maonday a
british ship carrying nuclear left France for Japan.

Jan 16, 1997 (Reuter) - An experimental reactor at Hanford,
U.S., will be kept on ``hot standby'' for possible production
of trithium for nuclear weapons in the future. A decision
which way of producing trithium shall be chosen will be made
in December 1998, Energy Secreteary Hazel O'Leary said.