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headlines April 7 1998

NEW YORK
April 7 `98 (Reuters) - As it reported today the
Wisconsin Public Service Corp. got the governmental permission
to replace two steam generators at its 503 megawatt Kewaunee
nuclear power plant what should make the plant working safer

cleaner and more reliable. Replacement works shall start
spring 2000 and will cost about $90 million.



NEW YORK April 7 `98 (Reuters) - The Government owned United
States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) the world leader in sales
of enriched uranium fuel shall become privatisized.
Aerodynamics
Westinghouse Electric Co and General Atomics
will probably bid in this procedure.
The new owner will besides the enrichment of uranium at US
enrichment facilities be responsibe for the former
political
important USEC project to buy Russian low-radiated uranium
from dismantled nuclear warheads.



NEW DELHI
April 7 `98 (Reuters) - The Indian Defence Minister
Fernandes was quoted by India`s local media to have said on
Monday that there was no part in Pakistan that the Indian
surface-to surface ballistic missile wouldn`t reach. This he
should have proclaimed after a successful Indian test-fireing
of this missile-typ had been announced and after also Pakistan
made public the success of a test-fireing of its 1
000-mile (
1
500 km) surface-to surface missile.
The US is disturbed whether the tensions between those two
countries could lead to a war including the use of atomic
weapons. US will also control the role China shall have in
providing Pakistan with missile technology.



WASHINGTON
April 6 `98 (Reuters) - The last untouched part of
the Columbia river which has long been "safe" of human
engagement because its surrounding area had been used as a
buffer to high toxic waste from the US nuclear weapons program
is no in danger to be used to irrigate the land on its bank
which would make it the most endangered river in the country.
This the American Rvers conservation group reported.



April 7
1998; 2:42 p.m. EDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- US Senate is
reminded by the Government to hurry up in ratifying the
nuclear weapons test ban treaty. Otherwise US would lose the
possibility to take part in a conference in fall 1999 where
ways will be discussed to make India
Pakistan and North Korea
signing this treaty.



Reuters Tuesday
April 7
1998; Page A UNITED NATIONS- On 6
April Britain and France ratified as the first nuclear weapon
powers the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. The treaty has
already been signed by 149 countries and ratified by 13 under
which are six with a nuclear capability. These are besides
Britain and France
Austria
Japan
Peru and Slovakia.

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