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HEADLINES 7 - 9 NOVEMBER 1997

WISCASSET
Maine
USA
7 Nov. 1997 (UPI) - An agreement
is confirmed between the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power plant and
Entergy Nuclear Inc. from New Orleans for decommissioning
(under NRC-supervision) the nuclear reactor in Wiscasset.


WASHINGTON
USA
7 nov. 1997 (Reuters) - The safety at
four nuclear weapons sites of the USA is not strict enough
according a security oversight conducted by the Defense
Department
the FBI and  the CIA. There are shortcomings at
the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in  California
the
Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico
the  Rocky Flats
site in Colorado and the Pantex Plant in Texas.


NEW YORK
USA
7 Nov. 1997 (Reuters) - Future generations
will be affected after exposure male gonads to gamma
radiation
according a study in laboratory mice at the
University of California-Davis.


BEIJING
China
8 Nov 1997 (AFP) - The largest nuclear
power plant in China will produce 6000 megawatts of
electricity and will be built in cooperation with Russia in
the Jiangsu province 400 kilometers north of Shanghai.


TOKYO
Japan
9 Nov. 1997 (AFP)  The costs of two
1000 mw. nuclear reactors to be built in North Korea are
estimated at 4.9 - 5.4 billion dollars. Japan will share 1
billion dollars as interest-free long-term loans
according
the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organisation (KEDO).



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