Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 12:28:03
 
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Feb 5, 1997 (Reuter) - About 200 south Korean activists sailed
on Wednsday on about 40 boats several kilometers towards
Taiwan, protesting against the Taiwanese deal with North Korea
about the shipment of nuclear waste. In soul 1000 citizens
were hindered by riot policemen to protest in front of the
Taiwanese trade representative office. On a request by south
Korean foreign ministry the director of the IAEA, Hans Blix,
said he would try to convince Taiwan to cancel the deal.

Feb 5, 1997 (Reuter) - The shareholders of the Swedish power
company Sydkraft have no common strategy how to react on the
gouvernment's decision to close the utilities two reactors at
Barseback in July 1998 rsp. July 2001. A spokesman of the
company said they would demand $2.7 billion compensation for
the loss in electricity production. He said the company could
take the case to the European Commission. But five community
councils, which own 37.9 percent of the utility said they
would not fight the decision.

Feb 5, 1997 (UPI) - Chairwoman Shirley Jackson of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission said her organisation would accept some
of the responsibility for the safety lacks at the maine Yankee
nuclear power plant, as it failed to identify problems. The
satation is shut down since December 5 last year, and costs
the utility about $ 1 million per week for replacement power.

Feb 5, 1997 (Reuter) - German power company Preussen Elektra,
which holds 27.3 percent of the votes of the Swedish Sydkraft
and Norwegian power company Statkraft, which holds 22.2
percent of the votes, said they would stand by any decision
made by sydkraft management concerning the closure of the
utility's Barseback station according to an gouvernmental
decision.

Feb 5, 1997 (UPI) - According to the Chicago Sun-Times the
Nuclear Regulatory commission could fine ComEd's Byron station
for poor maintenance. NRC inspectors had found silt built up
in a cooling pond, which might lead to insufficent water
supply in case of emergency. Three of ComEd's nuclear power
plants are on the NRC's watchlist of unsafe stations.