And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NucNews) NucNews-1-Int'l. 3/24/99 - Russia (3); Canada (2); Pakistan; N.Korea NucNews-2-Int'l 3/24/99 - China / Taiwan; Los Alamos "Spy" NucNews-3-US 3/24/99 - WIPP - Action NV; UT; CO; NM; OH / Judge NucNews-4-US 3/24/99 - Ohio; CIA Testimony / Y2K --(1) 1. Moscow Signals It Is Ready To Sign Uranium Deal March 23, 1999 Russia Today http://www.russiatoday.com/rtoday/news/1999032311.html MOSCOW, Mar. 23, 1999 -- (Reuters) Russia has signaled on the eve of a visit to Washington by Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov that it is ready to help unblock a 1993 nuclear accord that would turn swords to plowshares, a Russian news agency said. 2. Russian prime minister cancels visit Washington Times,March 24, 1999 http://www.washtimes.com/news/news1.html Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov was halfway to the United States yesterday when he abruptly ordered his plane back to Moscow after Vice President Al Gore told him NATO air strikes against Serbia were imminent. The turnaround over the Atlantic came just hours after President Clinton talked Congress out of blocking funds for a Kosovo bombing campaign. ALSO: Russian PM Says NATO Strikes Threaten Europe By Oleg Shchedrov, Reuters March 24, 1999 http://www.webcrawler.com/news/r/990324/00/news-russia MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov postponed his visit to Washington and returned to Moscow Wednesday, saying imminent NATO air strikes would destabilize the rebel province of Kosovo and harm relations with Russia. 3. Azerbaijan Detains Russian Mig Shipment By MICHAEL R. GORDON, March 24, 1999, New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/europe/032499russia-arms.html MOSCOW -- Azerbaijan has detained a Russian transport plane that was ferrying arms to Yugoslavia in violation of an international embargo, a senior Azerbaijani official said on Tuesday. 4. Canada may accept foreign plutonium Mar 24 1999 - Canadian Broadcasting http://www.cbcnews.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/1999/03/23/pluton ium990323 OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy is defending a controversial decision on radioactive plutonium from foreign countries. Canada has agreed to do preliminary tests on "minute" amounts of Russian and American plutonium. 5. Government denies it plans to import U.S., Russian plutonium Tuesday, March 23, 1999 (Canada) Canoe News http://www.canoe.com/TopStories/pluto_mar23.html Should Canada agree to help the United States and Russia dispose of radioactive plutonium by using it in Canadian nuclear reactors? 6. PAKISTAN: MISSILE IS CENTER STAGE New York Times World Briefing, March 24, 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/world/world-briefing.html The Ghauri missile, with a range of nearly 1,000 miles and able to carry nuclear warheads, was shown off at a Pakistan Day parade in Islamabad. In a national message, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif spoke of Pakistan's "entry into the coveted nuclear club." Barry Bearak (NYT) 7. Parts missing in N. Korea reactor By Stewart Stogel and Ben Barber, Washington Times, March 24, 1999 http://www.washtimes.com/internatl/internatl1.html Vital parts of a 50-megawatt North Korean nuclear reactor have been missing since international inspectors first visited the site under the terms of a 1994 nuclear-freeze pact with the United States, The Washington Times has learned. The absence of the reactor parts -- which could be used to construct another reactor -- was known by some State Department officials but was never disclosed to Congress or to the diplomat who negotiated the 1994 nuclear freeze, Robert L. Gallucci. --(2) 8. Forget Taiwan Missile Shield, China Warns By SETH FAISON, New York Times, March 24, 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/world/china-us.html SHANGHAI, China -- China's chief negotiator on Taiwan on Tuesday strongly attacked a proposal under consideration in the United States to deploy a missile defense system, warning that if it was used to protect Taiwan, it would provoke an arms race. 9. Suspect Scientist Led Key Los Alamos Program By JAMES RISEN, March 24, 1999, New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/032499china-nuke.html WASHINGTON -- In spring 1997, Los Alamos National Laboratory chose a scientist who was already under investigation as a suspected spy for China to run a sensitive new nuclear weapons program, several senior Government officials say. 10. Paper: Spy Suspect Was Given Job By The Associated Press, March 24, 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/i/AP-China-Espionage.html NEW YORK (AP) -- A scientist already suspected of being a spy for China was chosen to run a sensitive nuclear weapons program at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, The New York Times reported today. --(3) 11. WIPP ACTION ALERT - TRUCKS ARE ABOUT TO ROLL - HELP PLAN DIRECT ACTION March 23, 1999 http://www.davepace.com/wipp.html -The Department of Energy plans to start shipments from Los -Alamos National Laboratory to WIPP on Thursday 3/25/99 (shipment may begin at 12:01 am) -Caravan(s) to New Mexico - first will leave RMPJC on Wed. 3/24/99 From: Shundahai Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.shundahai.org 12. Judge's Ruling May Open Path Through Utah for Nuke Waste March 23, 1999, Salt Lake City Tribune, http://www.sltrib.com/1999/mar/03231999/nation_w/92390.htm WASHINGTON -- The Energy Department, getting the go-ahead from a federal judge, said Monday it will send its first shipment of plutonium-contaminated waste to a permanent dump in New Mexico later this week. 13. Nuke Regulators Wimped Out, Watchdog Says March 23, 1999, Salt Lake City Tribune, By ROBERT GEHRKE - ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.sltrib.com/1999/mar/03231999/utah/92454.htm A government watchdog group is taking the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to task for caving in to Atlas Corp.'s plan to cap 10.5 million tons of radioactive tailings 750 feet from the Colorado River. 14. Watchdog nips at Atlas tailings plan By Lee Davidson, Deseret News March 23, 1999 http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,75000410,00.html? WASHINGTON - A watchdog group says government regulators sold the environment down the river by kowtowing to Atlas Corp.'s plan not to move radioactive uranium mill waste away from the Colorado River near Moab. 15. Radioactive waste to be shipped to New Mexico site this week March 22, 1999, CNN http://cnn.com/US/9903/22/AM-NuclearWaste.01.ap/index.html ALSO: Radioactive waste bound for New Mexico site this week March 22, 1999, Nando Media, By H. JOSEF HEBERT http://www2.nando.net/noframes/story/0,2107,30609-49220-364002- 0,00.html WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Energy Department, getting the go-ahead from a federal judge, said Monday it will send its first shipment of radioactive waste to a disposal site in New Mexico this week. 16. Radioactive shipments to resume, residents wary Ohio Business Journal, March 23, 1999, BY JOHN NOLAN, Associated Press Writer http://www.ohio.com/bj/news/ohio/docs/003716.htm CINCINNATI (AP) -- Neighbors are wary but hopeful now that the U.S. Department of Energy has approved resumed trucking of low-level radioactive wastes from a former uranium processing operation to the department's Nevada test site. 17. Judge allows nuclear waste burial Rocky Flats officials unsure when shipments can get under way to caverns in N.M. desert By Berny Morson, March 23, 1999 Inside Dinver http://insidedenver.com/news/0323wipp1.shtml A federal judge Monday cleared the way for the U.S. Energy Department to begin burying radioactive waste under the New Mexico desert. --(4) 18. Official tours Fernald Energy secretary looks at radioactive waste site and Dayton-area facility Ohio Business Journal, March 23, 1999 http://www.ohio.com/bj/news/docs/030814.htm Energy Secretary Bill Richardson toured a pair of Cold War relics in southwest Ohio yesterday -- a radioactively contaminated site his department is cleaning up near Cincinnati and a former weapon plant his department is handing over for development near Dayton. [This CIA testimony contains a lot of information on international nuclear issues and the CIA's view of the situation. ---] 19. [This CIA testimony contains a lot of information on international nuclear issues and the CIA's view of the situation. ---] Statement for the Senate Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem Lawrence K. Gershwin, National Intelligence Officer for Science and Technology, National Intelligence Council, 5 March 1999 http://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/speeches/gershwin_testimony_030599.htm Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to be able to discuss with you today the understanding that the Intelligence Community has about foreign efforts to deal with the Y2K problem. We continue to watch the problem closely, and I have our current assessment of where we see problems as most likely to occur. The Y2K situation continues to change, and our assessments will similarly evolve as more information becomes available, as countries become more aware of and deal with Y2K issues, and as incidents of Y2K failure increase. Lawrence K. Gershwin, National Intelligence Officer for Science and Technology, National Intelligence Council, 5 March 1999 http://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/speeches/gershwin_testimony_030599.htm Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to be able to discuss with you today the understanding that the Intelligence Community has about foreign efforts to deal with the Y2K problem. We continue to watch the problem closely, and I have our current assessment of where we see problems as most likely to occur. The Y2K situation continues to change, and our assessments will similarly evolve as more information becomes available, as countries become more aware of and deal with Y2K issues, and as incidents of Y2K failure increase.... _____________________________ A fast way to keep up to date: Subscribe to NucNews !! 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