European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes Friday february 7, 1992 eight commercial reactors targeted for close oversight Rockville my. A the nuclear regulatory commission on wednesday cited eight commercial  Quot i Sui Commonwealth Edison was the target of Sharp Crit actors including four in Illinois operated by common of. Wealth Edison for special surveillance. Jet of Sharp scism from the arc staff As Well As from several com missioners for failing to resolve management and operational problems at four of its 12 reactors. The arc said that the Utility a two reactors at its Zion nuclear Plant North of Chicago added to the close surveillance list a year ago would remain on the list and that two other reactors at the Dresden Plant near Morris iii., would be added. The Agency added for closer oversight the James Fitzpatrick nuclear Power Plant near Oswego n.y., after Many operational and management problems were discovered last year. The Oswego facility operated by the new York Power authority had been considered a a better than average performer until a closer evaluation uncovered worrisome shortcomings said Ivan Selin arc chairman. Ralph Beedle the new York Utility a executive vice president for nuclear generation said a program to make operational and management improvements is under Way. A in inspect at Commonwealth Edison a Dresden Plant rankled the it Lant had been targeted for the continuing problems found by Federal inspectors a so r Plai _ special surveillance in 1987, achieved improvements and then was taken off the list in 1988. Arc officials because the Bert Davis the a Rcd a regional director from Chicago said some 40 unusual events and errors had been documented at the Dresden reactors. Bide Thomas president of Commonwealth Edison said he was a a disappointed at the a Rcd a findings. He blamed part of the problem on the fact that Dresden and Zion Are among the Utility a oldest plants but a Are expected to be like the new  the other reactors on the close watch list Are the three Browns ferry units operated by the Tennessee Valley authority near Athens ala., including unit 2, which resumed operation last year after a lengthy shutdown. The other two units Are not operating. The Tva reactors were shut Down in the mid-1980s because of widespread safety problems. The Agency also a said the twin reactors at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear Power Plant in Maryland were being taken off the close watch list because of significant safety improvements. Calvert Cliffs operated by the Baltimore Gas amp electric co., has been subject to added surveillance by the arc since december 1988. A approved the restart of Oregon a Trojan nuclear Plant which sat Idle for nearly a year because of cracked and corroded parts. The Plant will resume operation later this month after More tests Portland general electric co. Said. A the plants been off line for a Long time so we need to be sure everything is snug and tight a company spokesman Steve Sautter said. . Studies plan to Speed up ban on Ozone killing chemicals by the Washington Post Washington a the Bush administration alarmed by new forecasts of a growing Ozone Hole Over the Northern hemisphere is expected to push for a speedier phaseout of the most Ozone damaging chemicals officials say. Under the Montreal protocol the United states and other Industrial nations have agreed to halt production of Ozone destroying chlorofluorocarbons by 2000, the goal is to Patch up the vaporous veil of molecules High above the Earth a surface that screens out much ultraviolet radiation which can cause skin cancer. Cheaply and easily produced chlorofluorocarbons arc used in countless consumer goods a coolants for air conditioners gases for foam products and solvents for computer chips. Administrator William k. Reilly of the environmental Protection Agency said wednesday that in View of new data projecting greater Ozone loss than anticipated . Officials Are nearing agreement on a plan to accelerate the deadline by three or four years. If . Representatives offer such a plan at an april meeting of treaty signatories in Nairobi Kenya it would signal a More aggressive . Stance on global environmental issues. But any new . Initiatives will be made easier by Industry a willingness in finding chlorofluorocarbon substitutes. Major users of chlorofluorocarbons Are converting to less Ozone depleting substitutes a process they expect to Complete As Early As january 1996 for new products Industry spokesmen said. Substitutes Are three to five times As costly As chlorofluorocarbons but they account for Only a fraction of the Price of finished goods. Speeding up the phaseout by four years would have a marked Impact according to an analysis by the . Environmental program. Total atmospheric Levels of chlorine released rfcs As they Rise into the stratosphere above the ground and come under intense bombardment of solar rays have increased from 2 parts per billion in the late 1970s to 3.5 parts per billion today the Epa estimated. Chlorine Levels Are expected to reach 4.1 parts per billion under the current timetable then fall to 2 parts per billion by 2060. Eliminating rfcs four years earlier would Cut the Peak to 3.87 parts per billion the analysis said. Administration officials said a faster phaseout by Industrial nations is necessary to set an example for the third world. The Montreal treaty permits a 10-year Grace period for less developed countries which Are anxious to exploit the chemicals to provide More consumer goods. Kevin Fay of the Csc Alliance of Industrial users and producers said Industry remains concerned about the availability of the chemical to service the 160 million Home refrigerators and air conditioners 80,000 office building chillers and 130 million Auto air conditioning units that now run on the chemicals. Evidence of huge Black Hole found new York apr scientists have uncovered new evidence that a massive Black Hole lurks at the Center of the Milky Way Galaxy a Bubble of hot Gas there that is growing by maybe 200 Miles a second. The Bubble which measures nearly 4 trillion Miles across is apparently being inflated by a powerful wind from a celestial object that was already considered a possible Black Hole researchers said. They said they also detected infrared Energy that appeared to be coming from the object called Sagittarius  wind and the infrared Energy suggest the presence of a Black Hole the researchers said. A Black Hole is a collapsed Star so dense that nothing a not even Light a can escape its gravitational pull. The observations Are reported in the journal nature by Reinhard Genzel and colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for extraterrestrial physics in marching Germany. The Lack of prior observations of infrared Energy from Sagittarius a asterisk had been one objection to considering it a Black Hole said Paul to of the har Vard smithsonian Center for astrophysics in Cambridge mass. Still the new results do not constitute proof that Sagittarius a asterisk is a Black Hole he said in a Telephone interview. The Center of the Milky Way Galaxy lies about 26,000 Light years from Earth in the direction of the Constellation Sagittarius. A Light year is the distance Light travels in one year about 5.9 trillion Miles. Scientists cannot View the Center of the Galaxy with an optical Telescope because it is blocked by dust to wrote in a nature editorial. Sagittarius a asterisk which was detected by its radio wave emissions is a somewhat elliptical object with a size somewhere Between 9 million Miles and 1.4 billion Miles to wrote. Youth football Leader gets 82 years for molesting a from wire reports san Jose Calif. A the former president of a youth football league was sentenced wednesday to 82 years in prison for molesting a dozen of his players. Kerry Lynn Bruton who had pleaded guilty to 40 counts of child molestation sat quietly with his eyes Down As the maximum prison term was delivered Bruton former president of the Sunnyvale pal pop Warner football league was arrested in August after several 11 to 13-year-old boys he molested came Forward. He also pleaded guilty to molesting boys when he coached baseball with the Tri cities Little league in Cupertino. According to police Bruton 31, used the pretext that boys should sign up for individual training including Massage and Sauna. Before sentencing Bruton a Public defender John Vaughn asked for compassion for his client who he said was molested throughout his childhood. Fatal vision Appeal Richmond a. A attorneys for convicted fatal vision murderer Jeffrey r. Macdonald told a three judge appeals panel wednesday that physical evidence excluded from Macdonald a 1979 trial could have proved him innocent. The former army Green Beret doctor convicted in the 1970 killings of his pregnant wife and two daughters is asking the 4th . Circuit court of appeals to order a new trial. The Case became a bestselling Book and television miniseries called fatal vision. Harvard University Law Macdonald professor Alan m. Dershowitz told the judges that attorneys in 1990 discovered evidence of Blond wig fibres corroborating Macdonald a account that intruders killed his family. Justice department attorney John Depue called the fiber evidence inconsequential. A a fibres Are nothing More than household debris a Depue said. Macdonald 47, is serving three consecutive life prison terms at a Federal prison in Oregon. Bus murderer convicted fort Lauderdale Fla. A drifter who boarded a bus and went on a shooting rampage killing the Driver and a passenger was convicted of murder wednesday. Jurors found Joseph a. Besaraba guilty of two counts of first degree murder and attempted murder in the july 1989 shooting spree in nearby Hollywood. Besaraba 46, faces death or life in prison when he is sentenced feb. 18. The prosecutor contended Besaraba a naturalized american citizen from Ballendorf Germany had plotted to Kilt a Broward county transit Driver for throwing him off the bus for drinking Beer. Congressman quitting Tallahassee Fla. A rep. Andy Ireland r-Fla., said wednesday he plans to leave Congress after eight terms. A it is now time to do something else a said Ireland 61. The former Winter Haven banker was elected to the House As a Democrat in 1976 but switched to the gop in 1984. Tax break for fire victims Francisco _ n a sudden reversal the irs said wednesday that people who lost their Homes in the Oakland fire last fall May deduct the interest on their mortgage from their taxes. The announcement came after More than 100 people called the internal Revenue service to complain about the Rule. Just tuesday the Agency said people could not deduct mortgage interest if they weren to living in the mortgaged Homes. About 2,700 homeowners were burned out in the huge Blaze in october