Social needs proposed as priority for EU research

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Edith Cresson, the research commissioner of the European Union's (EU) Fifth Framework Program for research (FP5), gives priority to the social and economic needs of Europeans. Her paper presents guidelines for research on human life, user-friendly information systems, lingual diversity, and effective industrial production. Promotion of small business industries, initiating links with non-EU European countries, and increasing human potential are other important research areas. The FP5 requires parliamentary approval and the unanimous vote of the EU's member states for its execution.

Analysis, Reports, Social policy, European Union, Community development, Cresson, Edith

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UK waives nuclear waste rule for Georgia

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Britain has waived the agreement that reprocessed nuclear fuel should be returned to its country of origin, for the time being, so that it is able to accept fresh and spent fuel from a shut-down research reactor in Georgia. The consignment has already been transferred to the reprocessing facility at Dounreay in Scotland, and the move has been criticized by anti-nuclear groups. The fresh fuel will be used s raw material in the Dounreay facility, and only 0.8 kg requires reprocessing. The aim of the move was to cut down the risk of illegal trade in weapons-grade uranium.

United Kingdom, Reactor fuel reprocessing, Fuel reprocessing (Nuclear reactors)

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Moscow's 'missing fossils' come under scrutiny

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There are allegations of theft of fossils from the Palaeontological Institute, Moscow, Russia, which comes under the Russian Academy of Sciences. Some of the fossils that have gone missing have been located in collections in western countries. There has been criticism that the theft of the fossils has not been properly investigated. An inquiry into the disappearance of the fossils was carried out in 1998, and the findings were not made public.

International trade, Science and technology policy, Russia, Museums, Crime, Fossils

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