Date: Wed Sender: owner-nukenet@envirolink.org X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.2.07 -- ListProc(tm) by CREN Status: R NucNews-1- 3/17/99 - Australia; Korea NucNews-2- 3/17/99 - Russia - US Satellites; Primakov AMB/Start-2 (3); Iran NucNews-3-(US) 3/17/99 - Anti-Radiation Pill; Nuc Waste Nevada; Missile Defense (Clinton) (Congress) ---(1) 1. Nuclear powerhouse [Jabiluka Helen Caldicott] ENERGY FLOW 16/03/99 Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/9903/16/text/features1.html >From the research reactor on Sydney's southern outskirts to the remote outback the nuclear industry in Australia is undergoing a resurgence. But where is the public outcry of yesteryear? 2. Deal permits U.S. to see N. Korean site for price By Betsy Pisik THE WASHINGTON TIMES 5am -- March 17 1999 http://www.washtimes.com/internatl/internatl1.html North Korea announced yesterday that it will let an American delegation inspect a suspected underground nuclear site in exchange for "improved political and economic relations" with Washington. ALSO: US Gets Access to N.Korea Site March 17 1999 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/a/AP-US-NKorea.html ALSO: U.S. Aides in Pact With North Korea on a Suspect Site http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/031799nkorea-nuke.html ALSO: N. Korea agrees to U.S inspection By Barbara Slavin USA TODAY 3/17/99 http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/nwstue05.htm ALSO: North Korea To Allow U.S. Inspections Suspected Nuclear Site Due First Visit in May Washington Post March 17 1999 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-03/17/017l-031799-idx.html ALSO: N. Korea: Nukes for Potatoes http://www.cbs.com/common/flat/flat_story_136537.html ---(2) 3. Russia launches 4 U.S. satellites http://cnn.com:80/TECH/space/9903/15/russia.space.reut/index.html MOSCOW (March 15 1999 CNN / Reuters) -- Russia launched four satellites for U.S. company Globalstar on Monday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Interfax news agency quoted officials as saying. 4. Primakov To Appear On State TV To Speak Of START 2 http://www.russiatoday.com/rtoday/news/1999031602.html MOSCOW Mar. 16 1999 -- (Agence France Presse) Prime Minster Yevgeny Primakov will participate in a nationally televised discussion of the START 2 nuclear disarmament treaty on Tuesday a government spokeswoman said. 5. Russian premier pushes lawmakers on missile treaty Duma agrees to reopen debate on START 2 BY DAVE MONTGOMERY San Jose Mercury News Moscow Bureau March 17 1999 in the San Jose Mercury News http://www7.mercurycenter.com/premium/world/docs/russia17.htm MOSCOW -- Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov hoping to smooth U.S.-Russian relations in advance of a critical trip to Washington next week intensified efforts Tuesday to win ratification of the stalled START 2 missile treaty. 6. Congressmen Try To Soothe Russia On AMB Defense http://www.russiatoday.com/rtoday/news/1999031601.html MOSCOW Mar. 16 1999 -- (Reuters) A group of U.S. Congressmen held out hope on Tuesday that they had eased some of Russia's concerns about Washington's plans to build a Star Wars-style missile defense umbrella. 7. Russia Says U.S. Umbrella Plan May Spark Arms Race http://www.russiatoday.com/rtoday/news/1999031504.html MOSCOW Mar. 15 1999 -- (Reuters) Russia stepped up its opposition to U.S. plans for a Star Wars-style defensive umbrella against rogue missiles in Asia on Friday saying it could undermine regional stability and spark an arms race. 8. Russia to Offer U.S. Deal to End Iran Nuclear Aid http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/europe/031799russia-nuke.html By MICHAEL R. GORDON New York Times March 17 1999 MOSCOW -- Russia has offered to curtail nuclear cooperation with Iran if Washington ends sanctions against two leading Russian nuclear research centers Russia's Atomic Energy Minister says. ---(3) 9. Officials Mull Anti-Radiation Pill March 17 1999 Associated Press http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/w/AP-Nuclear-Pill.html WASHINGTON (AP) -- It seems so simple handing out pills to people living near nuclear power plants to prevent thyroid cancer. But 20 years after potassium iodide was touted as a radiation therapy in the wake of the Three Mile Island accident it remains controversial for states considering its use. 10. U.S. government may be forced to take steps on nuclear waste March 16 1999 Web posted at: 12:30 a.m. EST (0530 GMT) http://cnn.com/US/9903/16/nuclear.waste/index.html WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The federal government could be compelled to start storing the nation's nuclear waste in Nevada far sooner than it is now prepared to do. The White House wants to focus money and effort on constructing a permanent disposal site and thinks the thousands of tons of spent nuclear rods should remain at their respective power plants until a repository starts collecting waste in 2010. But a new bill introduced by Senate Republicans would require storing the nation's nuclear waste at the Nevada Test Range by 2003 seven years before the White House wants to act. The proposal backed by the nuclear industry was presented Monday by Alaska Republican Frank Murkowski and was expected to draw opposition from President Clinton who vowed to veto a similar bill approved by the Senate and the House last year. 11. In Reversal Clinton Says He'll Support Anti-Missile System By ERIC SCHMITT New York Times March 17 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/washpol/congress-missile.html WASHINGTON -- The White House and Senate Democrats Tuesday abandoned their longstanding opposition to a politically popular bill that calls for a national defense against limited long-range missile attacks. 12. Congress moves toward missile-defense bills 3/16/99- USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/ncstue01.htm WASHINGTON (AP) - The Clinton administration and Senate Democrats abandoned their opposition to a popular missile-defense bill Tuesday agreeing to a compromise with Republicans designed to keep the system from interfering with arms-control efforts with Moscow. The 99-0 acceptance of a proposal by Sens. Mary Landrieu D-La. and Olympia Snowe R-Maine all but assured passage in the Senate of the overall measure that declares as U.S. policy deployment of a ballistic-missile defense as soon as ''technologically possible.'' ---(4) 13. Nuclear agency targets kids Opponents blast AECL's youth campaign Tim Naumetz Ottawa Citizen March 14 1999 http://www.ottawacitizen.com/national/990314/2372227.html The federal government corporation that makes and promotes Candu nuclear reactors is being accused of exploiting children to generate public support for nuclear power.... The photo is taken from a height at which the familiar and formidable-looking grey dome of a Candu reactor containment unit is clearly visible above and behind the children. 14. Feds: Nuclear security lapses 'alarming' By Peter Eisler USA TODAY March 17 1999 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/ncstue14.htm WASHINGTON - The Department of Energy requested at least 19 FBI investigations last year after internal reviews indicated classified or sensitive information was leaked stolen or compromised at U.S. nuclear weapons plants and laboratories. The referrals were among a host of "critical" security concerns noted in internal DOE briefing material prepared last summer for incoming Energy Secretary Bill Richardson. 15. GOP Attacks' Impact on China Ties Concerns White House By Vernon Loeb and Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday March 17 1999; Page A06 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-03/17/079l-031799-idx.html Senior Clinton administration officials expressed concern yesterday that mounting Republican attacks over their response to suspected Chinese espionage at Los Alamos National Laboratory will do further harm to U.S.-China relations and be used to block China's accession to the World Trade Organization. 16. Mystery in the Desert Newsweek March 22 1999 http://www.newsweek.com/nw-srv/printed/int/asia/inc112_1.htm 'The Gadget' exploded in the New Mexico desert in July 1945a blinding fireball that melted sand into green glass. The world's first nuclear bombs were designed and built at Los Alamos National Laboratory 200 miles north of the test site. Within 24 days two more gadgets'Little Boy' and 'Fat Man'had destroyed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Los Alamos still has bombs to makeand secrets to keep. ---(5) 17. What Is Known About China Spy Case March 17 1999 Associated Press http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/i/AP-China-Spying-QA.html WASHINGTON (AP) -- China's alleged theft of nuclear weapons technology from a federal laboratory has fueled a growing national security controversy. But much surrounding the case remains a mystery. Here in question and answer form is a look at what is known. 18. Nuclear Lapses Known in '96 Aides Now Say http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/031799china-nuke.html March 17 1999 New York Times By JEFF GERTH WASHINGTON -- In late 1996 months earlier than previously acknowledged a senior Clinton Administration official ordered that security measures at the nation's nuclear weapons laboratories be quickly strengthened but his orders were largely ignored or delayed Administration officials said on Tuesday. 19. China's Spying Poses Special Threat To the Editor New York Times March 17 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/letters/lcasey.html Re "Seeing Beyond Spies Is the Hard Part" (Week in Review March 14): Chinese espionage isn't like that of Israel and France. Israel and France are friendly democracies. Neither presents the potential threat that totalitarian China does. _____________________________ A fast way to keep up to date: Subscribe to NucNews !! Nearly daily e-mail updates on nuclear plutonium uranium and radioactivity news gleaned from a variety of newspapers online. To subscribe: prop1@prop1.org Say "Subscribe NucNews" (plus whatever other information you want to give us about your work ) NucNews Archive: http://prop1.org/nucnews/nucnews.htm