European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 9, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 9 smugglers dropping bomb on West by Giovanni Facchini Deutsche Prusse agent or Vienna Austria a when you travel from Eastern to Western Europe the  no limits to what might be in your neighbors Luggage. It could Well be that a Small nuclear bomb a or at least parts of it such As highly radioactive uranium and plutonium a May be hidden inside a sort of Quot russian cocoon made of steel. Several people have been arrested in the past few months for Selling radioactive materials they had smuggled from Russia to the West. The material could be used to produce nuclear weapons. One of the most alarming cases so far occurred in Germany in late May when police found 60 Grams of highly enriched plutonium in a businessman a apartment close to the Swiss Border near Lake Constance. The powder had been stored in a Lead Box to protect those handling it from radiation. Experts later found that the plutonium had been produced in Russia for the construction of atomic weapons. However at least 500 Grams of plutonium arc needed to build a bomb they said. According to police the plutonium had been smug led to Germany from Russia via Hungary and Switzer and. The owner of the apartment a 53-Ycar-old businessman was arrested. In june three men were arrested in St. Petersburg Russia and accused of trying to sell uranium for $300 per Gram to Germany. According to russian Media reports the uranium had been stolen from a a top secret atomic weapons factory run by the government. Hie russian secret service later denied that the material could be used to build atomic weapons. Smuggling of plutonium and uranium from the former soviet Union is regarded by Western experts As perhaps the most alarming threat of the wave of organized crime that is sweeping Russia and All the other former East bloc countries. Russian experts have already admitted that nuclear warheads that became superfluous at the end of the cold War Are not kept in Safe places. Alexei Lebedev of the russian atomic Energy ministry said his government could not give firm assurances that nuclear weapons were being stored in places where their Security was guaranteed. He said Russia did no to have the Money needed to build a proper dump for plutonium near the town of Chelyabinsk in the urals. He called on the United states to help finance the $1.2 million project which would keep nuclear materials out of reach of the russian mafia. Quot it would be a Good investment a a Lebedev said. According to the  National Academy of science about 70 tons of plutonium must be dealt with in Russia following the various disarmament agreements signed with Washington Over the past few years. The Academy said that Only in about 10 years time could the highly radioactive uranium and plutonium be recycled in order to use them As fuel for nuclear Energy plants. Distributed by Scripps Howard news service. In on Pamplona Spain a three people were gored by bulls making the traditional run through Pamplona a cobbled streets on the opening Day of the annual festival of san Fermi on thursday. Hundreds of people dashed ahead of six fighting bulls along the 825-Yard route from the Corral to the City bullring. The three people gored underwent emergency surgery. Mark d. Gerbick a 25-year-old new Sealander was in serious condition with a Gash in his left leg. Australian Tirril Flashman 30, was in guarded condition after one of the animals gored him in the Elbow. Spaniard Jose Maria Luna Rodriguez 35, also was in guarded condition with a wound to the Abdomen. Two other spaniards were treated at a Hospital for minor injuries suffered during the Tun the first of eight held during the nine Day festival. The inaugural run was considered particularly dangerous since the animals split into Small groups and in some cases separated from the More docile steer that guide them along the barricaded streets. Locals say the inexperience of the runners a especially tourists a is the principal cause of injuries during the Bull runs. But the huge amount of alcohol consumed during the festival also could be responsible. There have been 12 fatal gorings since 1924, the last in 1980. The festival has been held almost continuously since 1591. Is in in gain Madrid Spain apr emergency Crews got a tenuous upper hand Friday on a rash of wildfires that in less than a week have left 19 people dead and scorched vast tracts of Southern and Eastern Spain. Seven fires continued to Burn out of control in Catalonia Valencia and Andalusia Down from 17 that raged thursday evening in the Mediterranean coastal regions. Emergency officials said a change in the weather was making work easier for the thousands of firefighters soldiers police and volunteers battling the blazes. Quot the. Situation is improving but it remains serious a agriculture minister Luis Atienza told Spanish National radio. Damage estimates vary but regional officials say More than 325,000 acres of Eine Oak Cork Trees and scrubland have Een affected by the blazes. Only after a thorough assessment is made will officials know How much of that area has been completely burned. The death toll Rose to 19 on thursday with the discovery of the charred body of a 63-year-old Herder who was apparently trapped by the flames and smoke near Tous in the Region of Valencia. Five ukrainian and portuguese Crew members of a fire plane sent from Portugal died wednesday when their aircraft crashed while trying to douse the flames in Alicante province. A sixth Crew Mem bar survived the wreck. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated after the fires became a serious threat monday. Many residents have since returned to their Homes. Firefighters remained Alert to possible new flare ups and in Many places army troops were assigned to watch for fresh flames. Quot most of the fires Are thought to have been caused by lightning a constant threat during the dry hot Summers of Southern and Eastern Spain. But arson is suspected in some cases. 2 killed in British air Force crash Nicosia Cyprus apr a British Royal air Force Jet crashed in the sea off South Cyprus on Friday killing its two crewmen the Raf announced. An Raf helicopter picked up the Crew members and flew them to a base Hospital where they were pronounced dead on arrival according to the statement. 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