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HEADLINES 11 SEPT 1997

PARIS
Sept 11 1997 (Reuter) - Cleaning a discharge pipe at
the La Hague reprocessing plant on Friday resulted in a
complaint by Greenpeace and an order by a French investigation
magistrate to navy divers to take samples of the sea bottom in
order to test it on radioactivity.


LAS VEGAS Sept 11 1997 (AP) - The Yucca Mountain project
received another blow by finding plutonium a mile from the
place where in Dec.19 1969 a nuclear weapons test took place.
The chemical researcher who discovered the traces plutonium
said this was the first time the transport of plutonium
attached to very small mineral particles in groundwater was
seen.


PHILADELPHIA
Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- A joint venture of Peco
Energy Company and British Energy
the AmerGen Company
LLC

is formed to acquire and operate nuclear power plants in the
USA. Both companies have a 50% share in AmerGen.


JERUSALEM 11 Sept 1997 (Reuter) - According Netanyahu the
ballistic missiles of Iran is a concern to Israel and Iran is
seeking to develop nuclear weapons. The report says Iran makes
missiles based upon the North Korean Nodong missile which
ranges up to 1
200 miles.


WASHINGTON
Sept 11 (Reuter) - The silicon foam seals for fire
protection are flammable. According NRC officials pose the
seals a safety risk. Nuclear watchdogs say the foam gives off
toxic fumes and thick black smoke as it burns.


TOKYO
Sept 11 1997 (AFP) -  Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto
of Japan has ordered the Monju fast breeder reactor to remain
closed for an extra year to punish the operator for covering
up the details of the 1995 accident.


PITTSBURGH
Sept. 11 1997 /PRNewswire/ The US Westinghouse
WESFLEX(TM) 'dual-purpose spent nuclear fuel dry storage and
transport system' will be used to manage spent nuclear fuel
from the Palisades and Big Rock nuclear power plants. The
first shipment of canisters for spent nuclear fuel will arrive
at Big Rock NPP in the early 2000's.


BEIJING Sept 11 1997 (Reuter) - Probably the centerpiece of
the summit between US President Clinton and Chinese President
Jiang Zemin in Washington next month will be the
implementation of the 12 year old Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation
accord. China is often suspected to export nuclear technology
to other countries which are not inspected by an international
agency.



BEIJING
Sept 11 1997 (Reuter) - China issued details on
Thursday of tightening controls of exports of nuclear
equipment and materials
requiring all such overseas sales to
be authorised by the State Council
or cabinet.  The
regulations were issued ``to strengthen controls on nuclear
exports and to safeguard the security of the nation and public
interests and to promote international cooperation in the
peaceful use of nuclear energy
'' the Xinhua news agency said.


HARRISBURG
Pa. USA
Sept. 11 1997 /PRNewswire/ - The "PECO
settlement" (Pennsylvania Electric Competition Coalition) plan
to allow PECO to give $495 million in temporaty rate cuts in
return for getting $5.5 billion for uneconomic past
investments (``stranded costs'') in nuclear and coal
generating facilities. The mechanism will keep
Philadelphia-area customers captive to PECO's rates
which
will be 30-40% above the national average
for years to come.

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