Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 12:40:23
 
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Jan 17, 1997 (Reuter) - The gouvernment of South Africa
decided not to ban the route of the ship carrying nuclear
waste from France to Japan, rounding the Cape. Environmental
activists announced to take action.

Jan 17, 1997 (UPI) - According to an report of the
government-sponsored Danish Foreign Policy Institute carried
by Danish public television, Denmark had allowed the U.S. to
keep nuclear weapons at their Thule Air Force base in
Greenland between 1957 and 1968.

Jan 17, 1997 (Reuter) - U.S. officials said that they want the
START-2 treaty to be ratified before beginning negotiations
about a possible START-3. The ratification of START-2 is
blocked by the Russian parliament.

Jan 18, 1997 (Reuter) - Vietnam said on Saturday the 80 gram
plutonium left in Dalat by the Americans during the war would
be still there. The U.S. doesn't urge vietnam to give it back,
but wants to ensure that the material will be under
international safeguards. The IAEA wants to visit the site
begin next month.

Jan 18, 1997 (Reuter) - 14.3 billion kiliwatt hours were
produced by the Chinese nuclear power plants in 1996, which
marks an increase of 12 percent. Utilisation rates were 84.6
percent at Qinshan and 72.6 percent at Daya Bay. Chinese
officials said it is planned to create a capacity of 20.000
megawatts in nuclear energy in the begin of the next century.

Jan 18, 1997 (Reuter) - Reza Amrollahi, head of the Iranian
Atomic Energy Organisation was nominated by Iran as secretay-
general of the IAEA, whose position will become vacant in
december 1997. Other proposals came from Switzerland, Ukraine,
Egypt and Zambia.

Jan 19, 1997 (Reuter) - The reactor at Seversk, 2000 miles
east of Moscow, was restarted. Yesterday it had been shut down
due to water seeping into a faulty fuel rod, the commercial
television NTV said. According to officials ther was no
radiation set free.

Jan 20, 1997 (Reuter) - Taiwan Power plans to go ahead with
the plan to ship up to 200,000 barrels of nuclear waste to
North Korea, paying U.S.$ 1,150 for each barrel. Ignoring
strong protests from South Korea, Taiwan plans to ship 60,000
in the first two years.