JPRS ID: 9135 WORLDWIDE REPORT TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

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10 June 1980
Worldwide Re ort
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- NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT AND PROLIFERATION
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10 June 1980
WORLDWIDE REPORT
i~UCLEAR DEVELOPMENT AND PROLIFERATION
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CONTENTS
WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS
CEMA Countries Cooperate in Nuclear Power Developmef~t
(T. N. Bogatyreva; ENERGOMASHINOSTROYENIYE, Mar 80)..... 1
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Plutonium Fuel Reactor 'Has No Ahnormalities'
(ASAHI EVENING NEWS, 26 Apr 80)...........o 4
LATIN AMERICA
INTE R-AME RI CAN AFFAIRS
_ Briefs
Conferees Favor Nuclear Independence 5
WEST EUROPE
FRAN CE
Serious Accident at Saint-Laurent 2 Reactor Contained
(Francois Lebrette; VALEURS AGTUELLES, 7 Apr 80)........ 6
7TALY
~NEL's 10-Yaar Plan for Nucle ar, Coal Plants
(ATOMO E INDUSTRIA, 1 Mar 80) 10
Gove rnment's Reply to AGIP's Uranium Mining
(ATUMO E INDUSTRIA,, 1 Mar 80) 17
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CEMA COUNiIiIES COOPERATE IN NUCLEAR POWER DEVELOPMENT
Mosc~~w ENERGQMASHINO5TROYENIYE in Russian No 3~ Mar 80 pp 46-~7
[Article b engineer T.N. Bogatyreva.~ "Peace~zl Atom in the Countries of
Socialism"~
[ Text] A scientific and technical exhibit on "The 'Peace~.il Atom in -
Countries of Socialism" was held at the USSR A21-Union E~hibit of National
Economic Achievements in aonnection with the 30th anniversary of the
Council for EconoTr~ic Mutua,l Assistance (CEMA).
- Cooperation with respect to the utilization of atomic energy for peaceflzl
purposes is being developed in the field of nuclea,r power engineering and
nuclear instrument building, radiation safety and protective equipment, and
the development of nuclides and tagged compounds. Work i.s being done on
the use of radioisotope method.s and apparatus in the na,tiona,l econo~}r.
The m~~,in attention in the show's exposition is given to rnaclear power
engineering as the most promising and timely aspect of the Lse of the
atom's energy. The reorganization of the ~zel and power program in
CEMA countries, aimed at increasing the role of nuclear electric power
pla.nts (AFS) in the production of electric power� is an expression of
the worldwide tendency in the development of pow~r engineering.
The r.ooperation of CEMA members is promoting the forma,tion and successftzl
- xealization of national programs for development of nuclear power engineering.
These programs are based on equipping nuclear ower pla,nta with WER-4~0
C water-moderated, water-cooled power reactors~ reactors developed. in the
I.1SSRa The heating lay-out of the nuclear power plant with a WER-~0 and
th~ basic pa�rame~ters of the plant are presented in the exhibit's displa,y
stands, In the People's Republic of Bulgaria the Kozloduy Nuclear Power
Pl.a.nt is operating, and new power blocks for this pla,nt are under con-
.~:,zc',:~.oti, iin~3.~~r construction in the Hungarian People's Republic is
P~~;cs Nuc.i,,ar Power Flant, �the capacity of which wi1.1 be 1760 mega-
- t~ratts by 19f3~o The Rheinsbexg ancl Bruno Leushner nuclear power plants in
the G:QR ha,ve a total electrical capa.city of 1390 megawatts, and erection
of ~the next blocks of the Bruno Zeushner Nuclear Power P]~,nt is continuing.
Construction of a atomic pla,nt with a.capacity of 880 megawatts is pla,nned
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in the Republic of Cuba in 1981-1985. Foreseen in the Polish People's
Republic in 1984- is the start-up of the first block of the Zarnowecz
Nuclear Power Plant~ and work ia underway to select sites for new atomic
power pla,nts. In the Socialist Republic of Romania a decision ha.s been
passed about construction of the country's first nuclear power plant with
the use of their own reaources of tiranium and thorium. Started up in the ~
Czechoslova.k Socialist Republic at the end of 1978 was the first block
of the "V-1" nuclear power pla,nt~ arui construction is continuing on the
next blocks of this nuclear power plant, as well as plants in Dukavany
with four WER-4~0 reactors. Operating in the USSR are 12 nuclear power .
pla,nta with reactora of different types. i
The total capacity of nucleax electric power plants in CEMA countries during '
197].-1978 increased 10-fo]~d and by the end of 1978 it amounted to approxi- i
mately 12~000 megawatts. Up to 1990 construction of nuclea,r power planta
with a total capacity of 37,00 megawatts will be carried out on the tez-ri-
tory of the European CEMA countries. and the Republic of Cuba.
Work is being performed in a broad front for fl~rther improving the reactors
an~d for increasing the unit capa,city of the blockso Presented in the
displa.y stands of one oi? the exhibit ha,lls was the heating scheme of the -
WER-1000 reactor, a set of equipment, arui the basic thermodynamic pa,ra-
meters of the cycle arui the characteristics of the basic assemblies were
shown. It is proposed to build two nuclear power pla.nts with YVER-1000
reactors with a capacity of up to ~I-000 megawatts on the territory of the
USSR with the 3oint efforts of the CEMA cowntries~. '
As is known~ a special feature of the develcpment of nuclear power plants
osof
in the USSR is the construction of nuclear power plants with react r
different types. 5hown in the exhibit was a mock-up of a pla,nt with a
reactor of this type with a,capacity of 1000 megawatts~ and the basic
parameters of the plant were given.
The high rates of growth in .nucleax power engineering in CEMA coun+ries,
are ba.cked up with the technical assistance of the Sovi.et Union, which ~
transmits to the countries the necessary planning and en~.nee-ring docu-
mentation, supplies the basic technological equipment, and renders tech-
nical assistance in erecting the nuclear power plants, in start-up and
ad3ustment operations, and in personnel training. For the purpose of '
increasing the coordina,tion of work for erection of nuclear power pla,nts,
the Interna.tiona,l Economic Association (I~IICY~O~ "Interatomenergo" was formed
in 1973 by the CEMA countries and the Socialist Fed.eral R~epublic of
Yugosla,via.
Approved in 1977 at the 31st session of CEMA was a program of maximum
development of atomic ma.chine building in CEMA countries, which foresees
interna.tiona.l specialization an~d cooperation of production, reciprocal
deliveries of equipment for nuclear power plants, the creation of unified
norms and specifications for production and operation of powar equipment,
the conduct of scientific research for the creation of new types of
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equipment, development of experimenta,l 'bases, the coordination of
purchases and sales of technological equipment, price.matters, anci so o^.
Special scientific research institutes, which, as a rule, are specialized
in certain developments and resea,rch projects have been created in the
CEMA countries for succesaflzl realization of the programs for use of
nuclear power. Devoted to this question was a whole aection of the
exhibit where presented cn the display stands were structural diagrams
of the leading scientific research institutes in the CEMA countries, the
work performed by them an~d the interrelations of different subdivisions
of these organizations. The b~,sic directions of the projects of the
Institute of Nuclear Reseaxch and Nuclear Power Engineering of the Acadeir~y
of Sc~ences of the People's Republic of Bulgaria are.the theory of the _
nucleus arui elementa,ry particles, high- and low-energy pY~ysics, an~d the use
of nuclear methods anri nuclear power engineering. The Central Institute
of Physical Research and the Institute of Nuclear Researcti of the Academy
of Sciences of the Hunga,rian People's Republic are the countzy's leading
= scientific centers. occupied with problems of the use of atomic ener~y.
The Institute of Nuclear Research in Recice is the la,rgest scientific
research center in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
The l.eading scientific research center for nuclear science and technology
in the Soviet Union is the Institute of Atomic Energy imeni I.V. Kurchatov~
which is successflzlly carrying out the role of scientific leader in the
physics and technology of reactors, and. the creation of new arui recon-
struction of operating research reactors in atomic centers of the USSR
and fraternal socialist countriesa Work on accomplishing controlled
thermonuclear synthesis occupies an itrcportant pla,ce among the research
on the use of new sources of energy. The greatest successes in solution
of this problem have been ~attained by Soviet scientists on the "Tokama,k"
toroidal installations created at the Institute of Atomic Ene~gy imeni
_ I.V. Kurchatov. Started uP in 1975 was the world's largest~thermonuclear
installation~ the "Toka,mak-10," the prototype of a demonstra,tion thermo- -
nuclear reactor. The overall view of this unit and the basic cha,rac tar-- -
istics can be eeen at the display stands in this section. Also told about
here is the conduct of extensive research in the field of fast-neutron
r.eactors, anci. the use of the heat of nuclear power pla,nts for the purpose
of hea-ting supply.
The development of nucl~ax pbwer engineering in the socialist countries
requires that effective measures be taken to insure opera,ting safety of
tne nuclear power pla,nts. As a result of the cooperation of CEMA countries
in this field recommendations and standards and methods dacuments ha,ve
been worked out regarding monitoring the state of the environment, the
-,~:~t~~.:~s a..1d d.evices for determining the radiation conditions at the nuclear
~;yoi;::r -pi:;.:~ts, ar~i also requirements for protecting the environment in the
- case oi an accident.
COPYRIGHTs Izdatel'stvo "Mashinostroyeniye". "Energoma,shinostroyeniye", 1980
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JAPAN
PLUTONIUM FUEL REACTOR 'HAS NO ABNORMALIT7ES'
OW290647 Tokyo ASAHI EVENING NEWS in English 26 Apr 80
[Text] "Fugen," the first nuclear reactor for the generation of electricity developed
" witii Japanese technolo~y, in Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture, was found to have no
abnormalities after about one year's full-scale operation, and resumed generation Thursday.
Tile re~ctor is ~he first thermal neutron nuclear reactor which uses plutonium as a fuel
ir~ the ~orld. It was developed and built ~ointly by nuclear experts form the public and
private sectors.
"Fugen" rras developed as the prototy~e for the development of a larger practical thermal
neuti~on nuclear reactor in the future, and it went fully into operation last March. The
nperation of the reactor was suspended in February for the first regular check since
opec~aL-ions started. In tlle check, experts found no abnormalities in the reactor and also
four.d out that the reactor~s capacity was very close to what was originally intended.
"I~u~?c~r~," which t:; operated b,y the Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation,
rogist,crrcl an anriual s~stem operation rate of 72.4 percent, the second highest among LYie
~2 r~uclear rea~;toc~s Japan now operates. The reactor generated and transmitted abotit 1,100
millior~ kilo!aatt-hours oi electricity since it went into full operation, and earned about
~,300 million-yen. In ~~Fugen~~, therm2l neutrons are used.to induce nuclear fission whose
speed is control.led by heavy water. Light water (ordinary water) is used to cool the
fuel.
COPYRIGHT: Asahi Evening News, 1980
CSO: 5100
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FRANCE
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT SAINT-LAURENT 2 REACTOP. CONTAINED
Paria VALEURS ACTUELLES in French 7 Apr 80 pp 29-30
[Article by Francois Lebrette: "Alert at Saint-Laurent 2"]
[Text] A serious accident had taken place, involving
melted uranium and contaminated gas. But it was
brought perfectly under control, without panic and
without pollution.
The most reaesuring thing in a nuclear power plant is the accidents: this
paradox has just been illustrated by reactor No 2 at Saint-Lauren~-dee-
~:~ux, near Beaugency, which broke down 3 weeks ago. Thia was first of all
an occaaion for checking the effectiveness of the safety systems; next,
we were able to establish the moderate reaction f�rom a population con-
fronted with the atom. The entire affair went almost unnoticed. It is
nevertheless just as serious as the affafr involving the "cracks" which
caused so much of a stir at the end of last year.
At 1740 on Thursday, 13 March, the engineers present in the reactor
control. room di~covered that the control bars had just fallen, stopping
~he nuclear reaction several tenths of a second before the screen showed
b.y aonormality in operation,
What had happened? The DRG ("3heathing rupture detection") system had
given the alert to the computer which reacted quickly. This system
permanently analyzes the radiaactivity of carbonic gas (C02) which is
~~~~~d 'n evacuating the heat generated by the uranium. Now, this radio-
~icciv~~y ~aa~~ aud~en~.jr mmlt�p~i~~~ b1g 1,000.: .
Thia meAns chat, due to ehe action of abaormal temperature, the magnesium