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Headlines 8 Oktober 1997


TOKYO
Oct 8 1997 (AFP)  A worker of the Japanese state-
run Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp. (Donen)
and a controller of another company have been exposed to a
radiation dose while unpermitted entering an underground waste
tank.


CANBERRA
Oct 8 1997(AFP) A uranium mine is allowed to
be built yesterday by the Australian government within the
World  Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park despite legal
action of Aboriginal traditional owners. Conservationists
thread to put up a blockade against the mine which is supposed
to have a profit of 12 billion Australian dollars without
calculation the environmental damage. According the Wilderness
Society the mine will hinterleave 60 million tonnes of
radioactive and toxic waste.


WASHINGTON
Oct 8 1997 (Reuter)  A voice vote of the U.S.
House Resources Committee Wednesday shrugged off a bill for a
temporary nuclear storage dump in Nevada. The Rules Committee
has to decide if this bill goes to the House.


BEIJING
Oct 7 1997 (Reuter)  Nuclear exports to China is the
subject of talks of a senior U.S. official
visiting China
today in charge of nuclear technology issues. This in advance
of the China-USA presidential summit.


WASHINGTON
Oct 8 1997 (Reuter) Irradiation of red meat will
be approved in the next few months bij the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration. There is not very much public acceptance for
food irradiation for concerns of changes in the foodstuffs.
Also a bill has passed to remove the radura-signs and make the
labels smaller which announce the food is irradiated.


TOKYO
Oct. 8 1997 (UPI) Seven unprepared Japanese nuclear
plants are situated along two active seismic faults. 670 years
ago these faults triggered a massive earthquake on the Sea of
Japan coast. Japanese government seismologists warn the
move of two faults could generate an earthquake of more than
7.2 on the Richter's scale.

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