European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday june 26, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 ., soviet scientists to Monitor nuke tests Washington up in a bid 10 prove nuclear test verification is no Block to arms control a team of Scientists will visit a soviet nuclear test site with a reciprocal visit by soviet counterparts. The Effort with no govern Cal to govern Mem link is being conducted by he National resources defense Council in conjunction with the soviet Academy of sciences. The defense Council team Esperti to leave monday and slay in the soviet Union for one year. Thomas Cochran a senior defense Council official leading the Team said tuesday the Scientists will not elections 86 be Liere to serve As an Independent a Catt cd 3s to whether the soviets Are testing and Whit arc the yields. Well be Itice to demonstrate Hal verification including the establishment of in country is ism logical instrumentation is not an obstacle to a comprehensive test ban or a nuclear lest the last major hurdle to the trip was cleared tuesday when the Govern ment approved Export licenses on the sensitive seismological instruments the Scientists will Lake with hem. The Kremlin has is landed its nuclear test moratorium until August but the United states continues to conduct tests at us Nevada test area. The instruments the Team Lake Wilt be installed in 100-Yard-Dcen bore holes in some 1.800 Miles from Moscow. Similar instruments will be installed us privately of Ned property near the Lest area in Nevada. He said data derived from both test area will be Ivan to both governments and made available to he Public. From a technical standpoint he said the United slates stands to gain More than the soviets because it will produce a better Pic Ture of the geology around the soviet lest sue. Valuable data can be obtained from readings on earthquakes and the like around the world from the soviet site even if the re arc no soviet tests he said. Cochran conceded that politically the soviet Union stands to gain More than ii United Stales Bui. He said my position is that we Are in favor of the cab comprehensive test banana in fact that is also a Long term objective of this administration. Anything we can do to move that for Ward 1 think is in our National interest. So it s not a question of offering support to the soviet Union in an area which is of detriment to us. It is in the National interest of both countries to see some Progress in this Washington primary elections for Federal. State and county offices will be held in Massachusetts. Wisconsin and Hawaii in september according to the Federal voting assistance office in the Pentagon Matusc Beltt Massachusetts will hold its primary sept. 16. Services Bemben and their families other mass Athu Softli residents temporarily residing outside the United states and of enema citizens voting under the overseas citizens voting rights act May Alain ballots by sub Mitling a Federal fist card application to the City or town clerk in their City of voting residence. The state waives registration for these Absentee vol ets. The deadline for submitting the Post card application ii noon the Day before the ejection. However Absentee voters should submit their applications at least two months before the election to ensure timely delivery of the ballot. Party affiliation must be specified when requesting a primary election ballot. A separate Post card application request must be submitted to obtain a ballot for the general election nov. 4, Wisconsin Wisconsin will Hod its primary sell 9. Absentee voters May request primary and general ballots with a single Federal port card application. Wisconsin waives registration Tor service members and civilian employees of the Government Over seas and any members of their families accompanying them outside the United states. State registration forms must be resumed to the municipal cleric City or town of voting residence and Post marked not later than 13 Days before the election. The stale voter registration form and an Absentee ballot return envelope must be witnessed by iwo per sons or sworn to before a commissioned officer or other person authorized to administer oaths. He will Hawaii primary election is sept. 20, and the Gener Al election will be held nov. 4. Service members and their families other Hawaii residents temporarily outside the Smied states and ene citizen voting under the overseas citizens voting rights Art May Register Absentee and at the an Absentee Baumol by Subrin Toms a rom lated Federal Post card application to the county Dirk. County of voting residence. The Post card application should reach the clerk not later than 30 Days before the election. For those Only requesting a ballot who he Aheady Russ indicates on the application. Tion of the pot car Terv members and their families can obtain in civilians May obtain voting information at any 066. Countries with nuclear Power stations operating under construction or ordered As of sept. 1, 1985 Belgium France Spain _ Hungary Sweden Bulgaria Italy Switzerland Czechoslovakia Netherlands United kingdom East Germany Poland West Germany Finland Romania Yugoslavia Cana Phi Pines " i India South Korea Japan Taiwan o Pakistan user comp eled but no approved for operation reactors ordered Rounder Ernst Tullon nearly comp tested but not approved Tor operation Chicago Tribune map. Source american Nuclo so cuty probability of nuclear terrorism rising Fer Natrona study finds 69j Washington a the world faces growing danger from terrorists who might Arm themselves with nuclear devices or who i Echt Lake Over and threaten to sabotage atomic reactors according to an International study released wednesday. The probability of nuclear terrorism is increasing although there has not yet been such an Inci Dent said the report by the International task Force on the prevention of nuclear terrorism. The danger the panel says stems from a Confluence of factors the growing incidence sophistication and lethality of conventional forms of terrorism often to increase Shock the support and in some cases sponsorship of terrorism by nations. An increasing number of targets such us nuclear reactors used to generate Power or conduct research. Rising evidence of Black or Gray markets i weapons Trade nuclear fuel or the technology needed to assemble a weapon. Terrorists could go nuclear id a variety of ways said the panel which was headed by retired rear adm. Thomas Davies and Bernard o Cefe chairman of eg4g inc. And included former Cia director Siai Isfield Turner. The most serious threat involves the possible theft of a nuclear weapon which might be detonated with the most catastrophic consequences in a densely populated area the report said. The next Riskiest Prospect it said was the theft of nuclear materials and their use or threatened use in a crude homemade terrorists also could pose a danger through the sabotage or threatened sabotage of a reactor fuel facility or fuel shipment it said. Acknowledging the potential risk of raising these issues in Public and thereby alerting Lent us to them the task Force concluded that opportunities for nuclear terrorism Are Littely to be known to terrorist organizations and their slate sponsors an that it was better to urge governments to take Preven Tive Steps. Among the Means to discourage such terrorism the report suggested equipping nuclear weapons with devices that would prevent their detonation by terrorists. Installing electronic devices into weapon and fuel containers to allow them to be tracked if stolen. Providing civilian nuclear reactors including those at universities with the same Security Protection As government facilities. Assuring that truck bombs could not enter nuclear Power plan is. Designing reactors to us Tow Grade nuclear fuel rather than highly enriched fuel that out also be used in weapons. Intensifying efforts by intelligence services to detect and prevent nuclear terrorism with increased co operation Between the agencies of the United states and soviet Union. The task Force studied the Issue for a year an issued a 30-Page report summarizing findings that were to be published later in two volumes the Effort was launched by the nuclear control Institute in cooperation with the Institute Tor studies in International terrorism of the slate University of new York and was supported in pan by the Carne Gie corporation of new York and the Rockefeller Brothers fund
