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NUCLEAR PIRACY INCIDENT EXPOSED. In a speech at a recent conference in Salzburg, Austria, Paul Leventhal (former counsel to the Senate Government Operations Committee) revealed that in 1968, a cargo ship bearing 200 tons of uranium disappeared in the Mediterranean on its way from Germany to Italy . . . only to reappear weeks later with a new name, a new crew, and no cargo. The uranium is believed to have been unloaded in Israel, and there is speculation that the radioactive material is now being made into weapons-grade plutonium at the topsecret Dimona research center in the Negev desert. Israeli officials deny the allegations, however.

CON ED LOSES TO PSC . . . AGAIN. In response to comments from hundreds of utility customers and a complaint filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council, the New York Public Service Commission has issued a ruling that prohibits Consolidated Edison from using bill inserts to "discuss political matters, including the desirability of future development of nuclear power". Con Ed-which had been inserting pro-nuclear flyers into customers' bills-says it will appeal the PSC ruling.

THE LARGEST CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM IN THE U .S. will be installed at the Mississippi County Community College in Blytheville, Arkansas over the next two years. The $6 million, 250-kilowatt systemwhen completed-is expected to provide the total daytime electrical needs of the college.

 THE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT BIBLIOGRAPHY -just published by Friends of the Earth-contains a veritable gold mine of "access" listings for books, brochures, magazines, newsletters, directories, and catalogs in the field of energy (nuclear, solar, wind, hydrogen, methane, geothermal, you name it) . . . more than 300 annotated entries in all! To get your copy, send $2.50 (ppd.) now to FOE, 124 Spear St., San Francisco, Calif. 94105.

BOEING TO BUILD MAMMOTH WINDMILL. The Energy Research and Development Administration-in conjunction with NASA-has chosen the Boeing Engineering and Construction Company of Seattle to design, build, install, and test a 2.5-megawatt experimental wind turbine system over the next two years at a cost of $10 million. When finished, the windplant (which will have a rotor diameter of 300 feet) is expected to be the largest operating wind generator in the world.

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