Pakistan unveils plan for 600-megawatt nuclear power plant

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Pakistan unveils plan for 600-megawatt nuclear power plant

Washington Group and Partners in TRU Waste Disposal Effort

Environmental Health Hazards are Focus of South Carolina Conference

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Pakistan unveils plan for 600-megawatt nuclear power plant



MIANWALI, Pakistan, March 30 (Kyodo) - The Pakistan Atomic Energy 

Commission (PAEC) on Thursday unveiled plans to build a 600-megawatt 

nuclear power plant with Chinese assistance at the site where a 300-

mw Chinese-built nuclear reactor is already in operation. 



The project was revealed by PAEC Chairman Ishfaq Ahmad during the 

inauguration of the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant (CHASHNUPP) in a 

ceremony attended by a high-level Chinese delegation led by Liu 

Jibin, head of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for 

National Defense. 



''Again, we will seek your help,'' Ahmad told the Chinese visitors. 



A senior PAEC official said Pakistan has already started preliminary 

work on the second nuclear power plant, which is expected to be 

partly built in Pakistan. 



Ahmad said Pakistan will start work on the second power plant in 

Chashma, about 300 kilometers southwest of Islamabad, as soon as the 

nation's economy makes a turnaround. 



CHASHNUPP is Pakistan's second nuclear power plant and the first 

exported by China. It was built by the China National Nuclear 

Corporation under a turnkey contract, Pakistani officials said. 



Liu did not make a direct comment on the proposed second nuclear 

power plant in Pakistan, saying merely China wants to ''further 

develop friendly cooperation with Pakistan.'' 



The inauguration ceremony was also attended by the ambassadors of 

China, Iran, Afghanistan, India and several central Asian republics. 

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Washington Group and Partners in TRU Waste Disposal Effort Reach 

Milestone in Cleanup Mission

  

BOISE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2001--Washington Group 

International (NYSE:WNG) announced today that Westinghouse TRU 

Solutions LLC, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and the Rocky Flats 

Environmental Technology Site have reached a significant milestone in 

the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) radioactive waste disposal 

mission. 



Rocky Flats, one of DOE's most critical cleanup sites, sent its 100th 

shipment of transuranic (TRU) waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot 

Plant (WIPP), the nation's first and only site approved for permanent 

disposal of TRU waste. The shipment arrived at WIPP in the early 

morning hours of March 14. 



"We're certainly proud to be a part of this important environmental 

milestone," said Ambrose Schwallie, president and chief executive 

officer of Washington Group's Government operating unit. Westinghouse 

TRU Solutions LLC, the management and operating contractor for DOE at 

WIPP, and Safe Sites of Colorado, a subcontractor at Rocky Flats, are 

divisions of Washington's Government unit. 



"We are working hard to meet similar milestones from the other DOE 

sites shipping waste to WIPP," he added. DOE's Savannah River Site 

and the Mound Plant in Ohio are the next facilities to begin 

shipments to WIPP. 



Barbara Mazurowski, manager of DOE's Rocky Flats Field Office, 

described the 100th shipment as "a truly a significant accomplishment 

in our efforts to remove all transuranic waste from the site and away 

from the nearly three million people living in the Denver 

metropolitan area. It demonstrates our ability to ship waste safely 

and ship routinely." 



Carlsbad Field Office Manager Dr. Ines Triay also noted the 

significance of Rocky Flats' 100th shipment. "This milestone is a 

reminder of DOE's commitment to close Rocky Flats and provide for the 

safe and permanent disposal of transuranic waste at WIPP," she said. 



In addition to WIPP, the Carlsbad Field Office oversees the all-

encompassing National TRU Program. 



Rocky Flats is scheduled to send some 2,000 shipments of transuranic 

waste to WIPP by 2006 -- the year Rocky Flats is slated to complete 

its cleanup mission. Each shipment can hold up to 42 standard 55-

gallon drums of transuranic waste. So far, 60 percent of the waste in 

the WIPP underground is from Rocky Flats. WIPP had received 174 

shipments as of mid March 2001. 



WIPP, a cornerstone of DOE's cleanup effort, is the nation's first 

repository for the permanent disposal of defense-generated 

transuranic radioactive waste left from the research and production 

of nuclear weapons. Located in southeastern New Mexico, 26 miles east 

of Carlsbad, project facilities include disposal rooms excavated in 

an ancient stable salt formation almost one-half-mile underground. 



Rocky Flats is a DOE-owned former nuclear weapons production facility 

and environmental cleanup site operated by Kaiser-Hill Company under 

an accelerated closure contract. 

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Environmental Health Hazards are Focus of South Carolina Conference

  

Link Between Nuclear Radiation and Breast Cancer Discussed  



COLUMBIA, S.C., March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- With chemicals contaminating 

our ground water, asbestos invading our lungs and lead poisoning 

children while they play, environmental health hazards have gone from 

hidden files to widespread public concerns. 



The links between our health and the environment have become more 

than a theory.  It's an issue that will be discussed by South 

Carolina health care and environmental professionals at an April 5-6 

conference entitled "Dispelling the Fear & Discovering the Truth: 

Linking the Environment & Health" at the Clarion Town House Hotel and 

Suites in Columbia, South Carolina.  The conference will take place 

from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on April 5, and from 8:30 a.m. to Noon on 

April 6. 



Dr. Janette D. Sherman, author of "Life's Delicate Balance -- Causes 

and Prevention of Breast Cancer," and a leading expert on toxicology 

is one of the featured speakers.  Dr. Sherman has probed the 

relationship between nuclear radiation and chemical pollutants as the 

major cause of the breast cancer epidemic.  She will offer her 

thoughts on potential causes of breast and other cancers of 

particular relevance to South Carolinians. 



Other topics and speakers include:  



Occupational and Environmental Medicine: Taking Clinical Practices 

into the Community, Howard Frumkin, MD Dr OH, Chair, Department of 

Environmental & Occupational Health, Rollins School of Public Health, 

Emory University;  



Environmental Threats to Children's Health, J. Routt Reigart, M.D., 

Dept. of Pediatrics, MUSC: Children's Health;  



Respiratory Health and Air Quality, David Peden, M.D., UNC Center for 

Environmental Medicine and Lung Biology;  



Environmental Health 101, Douglas E. Bryant, Commissioner, SC DHEC; 

and  



Schools, Indoor Air Quality and Community Partnerships, Andy Rowland, 

III, CET, REPA, director, Program in Environmental Health Sciences, 

College of Health Professions, MUSC and Carole Ready, vice president 

for programs, SC Family and Community Leaders, Clemson Extension. 



The primary sponsor for this event is the Sustainable Universities 

Initiative (SUI), a joint environmental education effort by Clemson 

University, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the 

University of South Carolina.  Additional conference sponsors include 

South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium (AHEC), South 

Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, South 

Carolina Department of Natural Resources, South Carolina Medical 

Association, and the South Carolina Primary Care Association. 



For more information on the conference or to register, please visit 

the SUI website at www.sc.edu/sustainableu and click on "Conferences 

and Workshops."  



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