" Ed Fagan Versus Temelin " [FW]

["Franta, Jaroslav" <frantaj@AECL.CA>]

       C A R O L I N A  No 411,  Friday, March 23, 2001.



FROM THE EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK (March 14 - March 21)



Ed Fagan Versus Temelin



     American  lawyer  Ed  Fagan,  representing  Austrian  opponents  of

nuclear energy,  made a surprise visit  March 20 to the  Temelin nuclear

power  station.  Even  though  Temelin  management  had  announced a day

earlier that the earliest possible visit could be realized next week, it

allowed  Fagan  to  visit  many  parts  of  the  complex.  Fagan had the

opportunity to visit the archive and look at materials he had requested.

     Speaker of the Upper Austria  Platform against Nuclear Energy Josef

Puehringer, Czech  and Austrian environmental  activists and journalists

accompanied  Fagan.  At  Temelin's  gate  members  of  the South Bohemia

Fathers  welcomed  Fagan.  The  group  was  formed  to counter the South

Bohemia Mothers, which strongly opposes Temelin.

     During the press conference that followed the visit, Fagan extended

by 30 days  to April 19 his ultimatum to  the Czech Energy Company (CEZ)

and Westinghouse  to present the documents  he demanded. If he  does not

receive  the  documents,  he  says  he  will  press charges against both

companies in the Czech Republic and in USA.

     Temelin's reactor in the first block  March 20 reached an output of

almost 29 per cent. After a series of prescribed tests the output of the

reactor  is increasing.  It has  been turned  off repeatedly  during the

testing process.

                                       Dana Zlatohlavkova/Sofia Karakeva

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