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headlines 8 Jan `98

TEHRAN
Jan 8 `98 (AFP) -The Iranian President Khatamie
assured Thursday his country would not try to develop atomic
weapons as the USA and Israel accused them to do.
The US wanted Russia to break up its cooperation with Iran to
construct a nuclear reactor there
because of this fears.



TOKYO
Jan 8 `98 (AFP) - A Japanese science and technology
agency official announced Thursday that a ship with about 60
containers of vitrified nuclear waste
having been reprocessed
in France will depart this month as soon as possible for
Japan.



KIEV 8 Jan `98 (Reuters) -The Ukrainian deputy director of
operations at the damaged Chernobyl reactor said Thursday as
rectification of an Ukrainian news agency report which told
that the roof of the so called sarcophagus around the reactor
was close to collapse
that that was not the case
but that
the sarcophagus` foundations would really be in a bad manner.



DALLAS
Jan 8 (Reuters) - After the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission confirmed its license  the  Uranium Resources Inc
told their recoverable resources in New Mexico
where they
want to install their Crownpoint Uranium Solution Mining
Project
could augment by 40 percent.



KOZLODUY
Bulgaria
Jan 8 (Reuters) - The Bulgarian Kozloduy
nuclear power station will improve their safety standards
through upgrade works by an European consortium
including
Germany`s Siemens
France`s Framatome and Russian experts.
Therefore theyself will spent 75 billion levs the rest 35
billion  (together $63 million) will come from credits by
foreign institutions
so as the U.S. Eximbank and Euratom.
















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