Nuclear accident risks ignored say CEQ report
A year study by the White House Council on Environmental Quality finds environmental impact statements on atomic reactors largely use boilerplate and omit serious accident risks. The report cites the Three Mile Island statement and urges candid assessment, site-specific analysis, and clearer, public-friendly statements with supplemental analyses for operating plants.
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Council On Environmental Quality
National Environmental Policy Act
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Council
John Ahearne
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Sadat says Begin not ready to agree on autonomy
In Washington and Jerusalem, President Carter pushes a new Mideast initiative to break the stalemate in Palestinian autonomy talks. Sadat says Begin is not yet ready for directives, while U.S.-led diplomacy seeks to avert a wider European and Arab drift over self rule for Palestinians.
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Menachem Begin
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West Bank
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Gaza Strip
Cairo
Mideast
Holland
Cyrus Vance
America
United Nations
White House
State Department
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Senate
Bleak settlement path as KC firefighters face jail terms
Kansas City faces a tense standstill as 16 firefighters are jailed for contempt and 78 more await court action after a second walkout in three months. Gov. Teasdale says serious talks are needed while guards and nonunion staff cover fire protection for the city’s 500000 residents.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City
Joseph Teasdale
Jackson County
Laurence Smith
Smith
Plutonium thefts prompt GAO warning on security gaps
The General Accounting Office reports that security and monitoring at government reprocessing plants may fail to detect the loss of a significant quantity of weapons usable plutonium or uranium in time. It defines the threshold as about 17.6 pounds of plutonium or 55 pounds of uranium that could fuel a bomb.
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General Accounting Office
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Scott convicted of tax fraud in Chicago case
William Scott, 53, convicted in a tax fraud trial in Chicago after losing Tuesday in the Republican U.S. Senate primary bid. He plans an appeal and denies breaking laws. Scott previously won a $34 million General Motors settlement in the Chevrolet engine case and is known as an anti-pollution crusader.
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UPI
U.S. Senate
William Scott
Scott
General Motors
Chevrolet
Guerrillas Hint Softening of Demands in Hostage Talks
In Bogotá the guerrillas holding 32 hostages at the Dominican Republic embassy signal a move toward negotiations a source says they may be softening their non negotiable demand for the release of 28 jailed leftists. The shift appears to open space for new talks.
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Bogota
Colombia
Dominican Republic
Pertini Begins Talks to Form 39th Italian Government
In Rome President Sandro Pertini resumes interviews with political leaders to name a Christian Democrat to head Italy's 39th postwar government. Premier Francesco Cossiga resigned after seven months as Socialists pulled support from his minority cabinet.
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Italy
Sandro Pertini
Christian Democratic
Francesco Cossiga
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