Nuclear Dump Foes Present Petitions other news

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Nuclear Dump Foes Present Petitions - (AUSTIN) -- Opponents of 
a nuclear waste dump in Texas have gathered 25-thousand petition 
signatures and presented them to the Texas Natural Resource 
Conservation Commission. Environmental groups are against the 
site near Sierra Blanca... claiming it's unsafe and could endanger 
future generations. The U-S House and Senate, along with 
President Clinton, have signed off on the low-lever waste site. The 
commission is expected to make a decision on the issue at its 
October 22nd meeting. If approved... it would then be up to the 
legislature to provide funding for the construction. 

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ADVISORY/American Nuclear Society Meeting on
International Safety of Operating Reactors Set for
San Francisco, Oct. 11-14

--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 

What:  An international meeting on reactor safety attended by
          representatives of nuclear operators from around the world.
          Major topics include: safety issues in the use of blended
          highly enriched, recycled uranium fuel; safety issues on the
          use of plutonium fuel burning and recycling; safety statistics
          of operating reactors; new technologies in the control room;
          and technical transfer of safety improvements in European
          and Russian reactors.

Why:   The effects of deregulation, life extension,                           
           maintenance and other current issues continue
           to receive the attention of commercial nuclear plant
           operating staffs as well as the  public. This meeting 
           will explore the safety aspects of such issues.
        

Who:   Atomic Energy Corp. of South Africa, British Nuclear Energy
           Society, Canadian Nuclear Society, Croatian Nuclear          
           Society,   OECD Nuclear Energy Agency,   Romanian
          "Nuclear Energy" Association, Spanish Nuclear Society.
          

When:  Oct. 11-14 from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Where: Cathedral Hill Hotel
            Van Ness Ave. and Geary
             San Francisco, CA

Contact: 

     Pacific News Bureau
     David Crowley, 408/559-7774
     dcrowley@mindspring.com
       or
     Dr. Walter Loewenstein, program chairman
     650/324-9266
     wblo3@aol.com
       or
     Mark Temme, deputy general chairman
     650/326-4084
     marktemme@aol.com

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