The sort. of nuclear ac-.

cident that occured at Three
Mile Island is likely ' to
happen again at any time,
according to the head of a
‘congressional team - in-
. vestigating the accident.

The investigation is said to

- have found that equipment

malfunctions and misleading

control board readings were

responsible for the incident
atthe plant -

And | the Nuclear
Reglatory -Commission
announced Tuesday, that
‘construction of nuclear
power plants in the U.S. has
been suspended for three
‘months.

Representative . James
Weaver, the invesigative
team leader, told a sub-
committee hearing in
; Washington, Monday, that
extra training of plant

- South Africa formally
handed = over limited
legislative powers to a
national assembly in
Namibia, Monday.

_ South Africa had ad-
ministered the territory,
which is also known as
South-West Africa, since the
end of World War One,

operators will not prevent
such accidents in the. future

because the fault is with the

design and ‘equipment, not

people. :

He ‘said the operators at
Three Mile Island-could not
control events because their

instruments did:not tell them

what was happening.

Other reports from’
Washington said in-
vestigators found the

operators could not stop the
accident because their in-
struments showed data that

was misleading or difficult to ..

interpret.

These findings conflict
with an earlier Nuclear
Reglatory Commission
report that said human error
was “a major factor in the
accident.

In his report to the sub-

‘committee, Weaver also said

under a charter from the old
League of Nations.

The charter was revoked
by the U.N.

The new assembly was
formed out of a constituent
assembly elected last
December. -

. Voting for that assembly
was boycotted by two of the

Dissolve Human Rights
Commission, Bennett told

Premier Bill Bennett has

-been called upon to dissolve .

the. B.C. human rights
commission, by the Business
and Professional Women's
Clubs of B.C.

The group, meeting in
Vancouver last weekend,
passed a resolution con-

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demning the commission for
remarks
about women at a com-
mission meeting, April 3.

The remarks were termed
disgusting and derogatory.

The group wants
Premier to appoint
commissioners.

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minor accidents
almost four times a year at
plants designed by Babcock
and Wilcox,. the firm, that

designed the Three Mile.

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happen .

- NRC - said con-

struction of nuclear plants

would be halted in order -to

evaluate. the léssons learned

at Three Mile Island, and to

complete reviews of pending
operating licenses.

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Namibia gets limited powers

moderate political parties
within the territory, as well
as by the militant South-
West African Peoples
Organization (SWAPO).

SWAPO had called for
elections supervised by the
U.N.

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that also sought to negotiate
a second round of elections
under U.N. supervision.

In a television interview
on the weekend, the South
African foreign minister
accused the Western powers
of a double cross, and said
South Africa was not
prepared to negotiate with
them.

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Meanwhile, there ‘is
widespread concern about
cattle dying in the area of the
Harrisburg plant. Calves

have been born dead. and

many cows have died while

others are still going through
a lingering, painfuldeath.

Specialists were this week
trying to ascertain the cause
but veterinary specialists say

‘they have never seen such
‘symptoms before. _

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