European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 2, 1995 the stars and stripes Page 5russian reactors in peril experts warn Moscow map a the potential nuclear disaster that Kirks in Russia is especially threatening in Moscow where scores of reactors Are not receiving adequate Upkeep and Are tended by poorly trained workers environmental experts warned thursday. The experts told a news conference that severe nuclear accidents Are possible at deteriorating facilities throughout the country. The main danger they said is from the country a 160 research reactors 53 of which Are in Moscow. A no one makes any Effort to modernize the aging equipment a said Vladimir Kuznetsov head of the russian nuclear emergency prevention Center. Many of the research reactors Are More than 40 years old. A we also have a nuclear waste storage facility in Moscow with a capacity equating the amount of radioactivity released in chernobyl a he said. In april 1986, a reactor at the chernobyl Power Plant in Ukraine exploded in the worlds worst nuclear disaster spewing a radioactive Cloud across Europe. Kuznetsov who headed the Moscow Branch. Of the governments nuclear watchdog Agency was fired last year after he accused Industry officials of neglecting safety standards. Among other problems Kuznetsov said authorities recently decided to reopen an Airport less than a mile from Moscow a Kur Chatov Institute the country a leading nuclear research Center which has several reactors. A these facilities weren to built to withstand an aircraft falling on them a a Kuznetsov said. A that plan is fraught with new disasters.�?�. Of the 29 operating reactors at Power plants 11 Are the same Type As the one that exploded in chernobyl. Efforts to modernize them have faltered an Woi kers of 10 Lack the training to operate the facilities safely said Robert Tilles chairman of the International chernobyl fund Lor nuclear safety another no government group. Celebrating end of world War ii observances of a a Day a Japan a unconditional surrender became official 50 years ago today a have brought Many veterans and politicians to Hawaii in the past few Days. Above world War ii vet Tom Manaher watches the last passenger Board his Vintage Grumman Goose seaplane before a flight around Honolulu on thursday. At right president Clinton arrives at Hickam fab near Honolulu on thursday for a weekend of commemorations. Clinton paid tribute thursday to a that most remarkable of american generations a men and women who triumphed Over tyranny and spent the next half Century building a stronger nation. Dignitaries have been invited from 27 other nations to the weekend events. A photos Mes assets go to Benefit . Crime fund by Charles w. Ill Washington Post. Washington a his actions Cost at least 10 lives and constituted one of the worst Security betrayals in american history. But Law enforcement officials this week tried to bring a Little Good from the  convicted spy Aldrich h. Ames. At a ceremony in , va., Ames prosecutors presented a $549,000 Check to a Federal fund for crime victims. The Money from the Sale of Ames House in Arlington va., and other assets represents about a fifth of the $2.7 million prosecutors said he received to spy for Moscow. A a it a always a pleasure when the proceeds of crime Are transferred to the victims of crime a said Helen f. Fahey . Attorney for Virginia a Eastern District. A a it a a rare pleasure to present a Check this Large taken from Money from the soviet Union to such a deserving  a a a a a a. A a a a a a a a a 1 the Money was Given to the Justice departments office for victims of crime which has a $185 million fund that last year supported 3,000 state and local programs for crime victims. The gift was not the largest in the programs 10-Ycar history a Exxon paid More than $1 million to the fund after the Valdez Oil spill in Alaska a but a it is a very substantial contribution a said Aileen Adams director of the office for victims of crime. A a during the nine years that Ames worked As a spy he and his wife Rosario spent freely paying $540,000 in Cash for a five bedroom House in Arlington just across the Potomac River from Washington. When Fri agents arrested the couple in february 1994, they seized the House a 1992 Jaguar Sedan and personal property including an expensive Silver Box and Ames suits. Agents also identified a dozen Bank accounts including several in Switzerland and Italy. Those accounts and Ames retirement fund yielded More than $100,000. Other Money came from sales of. Personal items at auctions in Springfield va., and Georgia. A a. A. A some property never was seized. A condominium and Farmland in Colombia which the couple bought for. Relatives of Rosario Ames were not in the ameses name and could not be seized prosecutors said. While Ames 54, was enjoying his wealth at least 10 russian agents he identified As spies for the United states were being executed and others were being imprisoned by the Kab according to Federal officials. One victim who was imprisoned and later released has moved to the United states and is seeking Federal compensation Fahey said. Ames was a 31-year Cia employee who once was in charge of counterintelligence against the soviet Union. He is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole at a maximum Security prison in Allenwood  kill russian Soldier wound 2 in escape bid Grozny Russia apr a russian older who was seized by chechen fight is a week ago was killed and two others. Vere wounded in an escape attempt a russian news Agency reported Friday. A russian military source told inter fax hat talks were under Way with the Che hens to free the two wounded Border guards and another two officers who were captured in fighting on Chechnya a Border with Dagestad last week. The men were being held near the chechen Village of Shatoni inter fax said. No other details on the escape attempt were available. In Grozny russian officials warned that they will take guns by Force from rebel fighters in the chechen capital if they do not surrender them voluntarily in the next five Days _ voluntary disarmament a key proof Sion of a july 30 military Accord signed by russian and chechen representatives has failed throughout much of the separatist Republic and further clouded prospects for peace. Russian officials who estimate there arc More than 70,000 weapons in the hands of the chechen have succeeded. In collecting Only a few Hundred in efforts in selected chechen villages. They scheduled a five Day period beginning Friday for disarmament in Grozny the itar Tass news Agency reported