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WASHINGTON
May 6
1998 - Defense Secretary William Cohen has sent a
letter to Congress saying that Cuba is still a threat to the United
States. He also said an accident at Cuba's Juragua nuclear power facility
could pose a health threat to the United States.

CHICAGO
May 6
1998 - Commonwealth Edison says the utility has enough
generating capacity to prevent a summer power shortage in northern
Illinois
although only four of its former 10 npp's are online. It hopes
its Quad Cities npp will be on line by June 1.

HADDAM NECK
Conn
May 5
1998 - The NRC has lifted restrictions on
radiological work at the Connecticut Yankee npp
now that adequate
radiological controls have been installed. The major decommissioning  of
the plant can now begin.

KIEV
May 6
1998 - Ukraine and the U.S. signed an agreement on nuclear
cooperation between Ukraine and the U.S. The U.S. will pay $30 million to
modernize Ukraine's nuclear power industry. The accord was made possible
by the fact that Ukraine refrains from selling nuclear technology to Iran.

LONDON
May 8
1998 - The U.S. condemns the North Korean statement that
it might resume its nuclear program. North Korea says that the U.S. are
not keeping their promise to supply alternative fuel. Further North Korea
doubts that the planned light water reactors Japan
South Korea and the
U.S. have to finance will be ready in time.

PITTSBURGH
May 8
1998 - The NRC has approved the Final Safety
Evaluation Report (FSER) for the AP600. Westinghouse expects the Final
Design Approval (FDA) in September.

LONDON
May 10
1998 - British Energy wants to buy the Three Mile Island
npp and the Oyster Creek npp from General Public Utilities
according to
the Observer.

NEW YORK
May 8
1998 - Georgia Power Company's Vogtle 2 npp tripped off
the line after one of its transformers was struck by lightning.

TOKYO
May 8 - North Korea warns the U.S. it may resume its nuclear
program. It says the U.S. is not delivering fuel it is bound to provide
under an agreement reached in 1994 on time. North Korea further has
doubts that the two npp's it was promised will not be ready on time.

CARSON CITY
May 7
1998 - According to a study by the State Office of
Nuclear Waste Projects the Yucca Mountain project is $30 billion over
budget and has several other problems.


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