Date: Wed X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.22 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.0 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: R Washington Aug 26 1997 (AFP) - In a report in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (Sept/Oct) Robert Norris and William Arkin of the Natural Resources Defense Council stated that approximately 11 000 warheads were removed since the end of the Cold War leaving 150 nuclear bombs in Europe and 12 500 US-based. Muenster Germany Sept 1 1997 (AFP) - The new pro- environment chief of police in the city of Muenster will favour peaceful protests against nuclear waste transports but will strongly condemn stoppages. The area was in the past the location of thousands of protesters against nuclear transports. Grafenrheinfeld Germany 2 Sept 1997 (AFP) - Ten Greenpeace activists tried to stop a spent nuclear fuel transport by chaining themselves to the wagons heading to the reprocessing plant of La Hague in France. They were all arrested. Almaty 2 sept 1997 (AFP) - According to the Kazakhstan Science Academy seventy international nuclear experts will visit the former nuclear weapon test site of Semipalatinsk as well as the nearby town of Kurshatov. September 8-12 a seminar for experts on denuclearisation will take place in Almaty capital of Kazakhstan. A few days later there will be a conference in Tashkent with a.o.foreign ministers from Tajikistan Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Turkmenistan and Kirghizstan Rockville Md 2 Sept 1997 (Reuter) - Amersham Healthcare PLC is violating the Federal food and drug regulations by falsely promoting its Myoview radiopharmaceutical agent. The Food and Drug Administration asked Amersham to immediately stop distribution of marketing materials and urges the company to inform the health care professionals about the misleading information. Waterford Conn. 2 Sept 1997 (Reuter) - The three Millstone nuclear plants have been closed since March 1996 for safety reasons. In order to receive a favourable vote by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission during a Operational Safety Team Inspection in November the Millstone 3 reactor is adjusting some of the interim dates in the recovery time-table. The plant is due to restart on December 19. New York 2 Sept 1997 (UPI) - Two New York politicians will ask the US Energy Department to shut down the High Flux Beam Reactor at the Brookhaven national Laboratory. They fear for the health of the population and the safety of the drinking water after the lab had to deal with several accidents and leaks since 1977 with the latest in July this year. Ankara 2 Sept 1997 (UPI) - The Egyptian ship 'Al Quasayr' was searched in the Sea of Marmara on August 28 under Turkey's regulations. Ships passing through the Strait are obliged to give information about their loads if weaponry or nuclear and chemical waste is carried. The ship carried rocket parts for Egypt not for Cyprus Cairo confirmed. Washington 1 Sept 1997 (Reuter) - Around the 25th of September Russia the USA Belarus Ukraine and Kazakhstan hope to sign a radical strategic arms pact. The aim is to restrict developing testing and deploying anti-missile systems and short-range ballistic missiles. The Russian Duma could oppose this treaty for threatening the ABM treaty and the US republicans see the pact as a threat of the Star Wars- plans. London 2 Sept 1997 (Reuter) - British plans to adopt stricter international guidelines on disposing waste at sea are welcomed by environmental activists. These rules include the cut on disposing radioactive + chemical waste and that offshore platforms must as a rule be taken on land for decommissioning.