U.S. NODS TO RUSSIA IN NEW PLUTONIUM POLICY.

To the consternation of many in the arms control community, the Clinton Administration announced yesterday that one of the two options that will be used for disposing of surplus U.S. weapons-grade plutonium will be to use it to fuel atomic power plants. The second disposal method chosen — vitrification — involves encasing the plutonium in glass for long-term storage. Russia has long advocated the former method, but many arms control experts fear it will aid nuclear weapons proliferation. (Washington Post, December 9)

No Immediate Contracts for Russian Oil Companies in Iraq.