Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 10:15:46

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May 15, 1997 (Reuter) - After covertly inspecting the
Taiwanese waste dump site at Lanyu island, Greenpeace activist
Dima Litvinov accused Taipower of lying about the danger of
the waste. He said there were all kinds of radwaste dumped,
not only low level. Taipower officials strongly rejected these
statements and confirmed its will to go ahead with the
shipment to North Korea.

May 15, 1997 (UPI) - a spokesman of peco energy Co. of
Philadelphia said on Thursday the company would consider bying
the Maine Yankee nuclear power plant from Central Maine Power
Co., which ownes 38 percent of the station. Maine Yankee is on
the NRC's list of troubled nuclear plants.

May 15, 1997 (UPI) - Around 8 p.m. on Wednsday there was an
explosion at the Plutonium  Reclamation Facility at the
Hanford Nuclear Power Plant. Officials said there was no
nuclear material set free.

May 15, 1997 (Reuter) - On the begin of the second session of
the Geneva Conference on Disarmament this year, diplomats
called for a ban of anti-personnel landmines. Director of the
U.S. arms control and disarmament agency, John Holum, also
urged a ban on production of weapons grade fissile material.

May 14, 1997 (Reuter) - Greenpeace issued a statement that the
waste taiwan plans to export to North Korea was "most
dangerous" and that Taipower had "seriously misrepresented the
radioactivity of nuclear waste they plan to ship to North
Korea."

May 14, 1997 (UPI) - Chairman of the Maine Yankee nuclear
plant's board David Flanagan said a compnay which doesn't
want to be named had expressed interest in taking over the
station.