Mexico's 20000 Megawatt Nuclear Push Faces Costs and Critics
Mexico aims to build a 20000 megawatt nuclear network, challenging oil wealth with a costly program. Analysts warn costs may exceed three billion while critics fear health risks and waste. The Laguna Verde plant struggles with delays and safety concerns, amid strong U.S., French, Swedish, and Canadian bids and rising anti nuclear activism.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United States
France
Europe
Edward Teller
Dixie Lee Ray
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
U.S
India
Ms. Ray
Anildo Bristoti
Gulf Coast
Laguna Verde
General Electric
Ebasco
Isidoro Bexerril
Nuclear Safety Commission
Canada
Teller
Brazil
Bristoli
Arias
Patzcuaro
Pacific News
Far East views Polish crisis and possible Soviet action
In Khabarovsk and Irkutsk residents weigh Poland's martial law and a potential Soviet intervention. Some greet it as needed discipline, others fear bloodshed or a war drawing Moscow into conflict. Officials warn of strained Soviet American ties and jeopardized Far East trade with Japan and Alaska.
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Khabarovsk
U.S.S
Soviet Far East
Poland
Moscow
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Warsaw
Communist Party
Pravda
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Pacific Rim
Izvestia
Far East
Siberian
Irkutsk
Alaska
United States
Afghanistan
Japan
Siberia
Washington
Tokyo
Baltimore Sun
Let them go Canada needs new foreign service
The Royal Commission report on Canada's diplomatic service portrays a jaded, overgrown system with unhappy officers. It questions the viability of a career foreign service and sketches options from reform to replacing career diplomats with rotating experts. The author leans toward major changes or dissolution if no improvement occurs.
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Ottawa
Canada
Royal Commission
Pamela McDougall
McDougall
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Mexican Association For Appropriate Technology
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General Electric and Combustion Engineering
Sweden
Nuclear Research Institute
Dalman Costa
Union of Nuclear Industry Workers
SUTIN
Lopez Portillo
Charles Lynch