N. Korea to receive ~ 60,000 barrels LLW

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@ix.netcom.com>]

Additional information regarding the shipment of LLW to N. Korea. I 
believe it was Paul Chan who asked if anyone had a contact with the 
utility involved with the shipment. I will be there in March/April, 
but that is a bit far off :>  However, the article below does give an 
individual's name, and that is a good start.
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  TAIPEI, Taiwan  - Taiwan and North Korea Tuesday  
forged ahead with preparations to ship some 60,000 barrels of 
low-level Taiwan nuclear waste to the Stalinist state despite 
escalating protests in South Korea. 
  State utility Taiwan Power Co said North Korean advisers had  
arrived to inspect port facilities at Taiwan's only nuclear dump site,
Lanyu island, which is rapidly approaching its capacity. 
  ``We are accompanying people from North Korea to inspect our  
port at Lanyu,'' Taipower official Chen Fan-hsien said on state 
television. 
  ``The North Korean side then will make shipping arrangements  
according to port conditions,'' Chen said. ``North Korea will be in
charge of all shipping details under the contract.'' 
  The broadcast said Taipower planned initially to move 40,000  
barrels of nuclear waste to North Korea from the Lanyu dump and 
an additional 20,000 barrels from storage at Taiwan's three 
nuclear power stations. 
  Lanyu's 98,112-barrel facility has room for only 440 more  
barrels, according to recent disclosures by Taiwan Power Co. 
  The utility gave no shipping timetable, but local media said  
the first shipment would leave Taiwan as early as February. 
  There was no evidence to support South Korean state media  
reports that North Korean ships already had arrived in Taiwan 
and were waiting to load shipments. 
  South Korean environmentalists have mounted increasingly  
militant protests in recent days, burning Taiwan flags and 
effigies of Taiwan leaders and vowing to begin hunger strikes in a bid
to halt the shipments. 

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