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Jun 27
1997 (Reuter) - Analysts say Asian countries such as
Korea
China
Taiwan
India and Pakistan will not meet its
plans for setting up nuclear power - mainly because of
financial reasons. Combined they have scheduled to have 53 GW
of nuclear power installed in 2010
which would cost some $50
to $70 billion in construction costs. Also Japan confirmed it
would go ahead with its plan to add 27 GW until 2010
but with
France cancelling its Fast Breeder program
the outlook isn't
that positive.

Jun 27
1997 (UPI) - As colleques didn't like the smell of
fried fish in the lunch room
three employees at the Savannah
River site
South Carolina
went out for picknick near the
Glass Waste Storage building
which houses high level
radioactive waste. A spokesman said the fish as not being
conterminated
but called the location "not a place where you
go and  cook."

Jun 27
1997 (Reuter) - The NRC is going to fine Commonwealth
Edison $50
000 for insuccicient repair measures at its Quad
Cities
Illinois
nuclear power plant in May 1996. After an
incident
the interior side of the reactor building was
repaired immidiately
while the exterior one had to wait until
July. Anyway the plant has not started up since then.

Jun 28
1997 (UPI) - A commission investigating the June 17
accident at Arzmas-16
said the engeneer who died of the
consequences three days after
was mainly to blame. The clean-
up of the facility began and will be finished in begin July.

Jun 27
1997 (Reuter) - The first of a new series of so called
subcritical test will take place on 2nd of July in nevada
the
U.S. Department of Energy said. Anti nuclear groups had filed
in a lawsuit
but as there was no decision until Friday
the
tests may go ahead.

Jun 27
1997 (Reuter) - The Canadian nuclear Whiteshell
laboratories won't be privatized at the end of June
as
originally planned. A British Nuclear Fuel led consortium
the
proposed buyer
blamed the recent election and change in
ministers for the delay. Both sided confirmed their will to
fix the deal until late summer.