[Paris France-Inter Radio Network in French 2030 GMT 19 May 92]

[Excerpt] The Russian energy minister confirms that research workers in his country are developing a method to dispose of nuclear and chemical waste through underground nuclear explosions. Meanwhile, France has expressed an interest in another method. It may put the Super-Phoenix reactor at Creys- Malville nuclear plant back into service to turn it into a nuclear and chemical waste burner. Industry Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn explained to Bruno Rougier how Super-Phoenix may tomorrow become a superincinerator capable of solving the problem of toxic waste drums that nobody needs.

[Begin Strauss-Kahn recording] I think that electricity production alone cannot justify the use of Super-Phoenix today. Two possible interests thus emerge: The first one is research work on nuclear breeders; the second one is to use Super-Phoenix no longer as a nuclear breeder but as an incinerator of nuclear waste; that is, as a sort of machine whose role is to destroy nuclear waste.

With Super-Phoenix France has at its disposal a tool for conducting tests for ideas that work in theory need to be proved in practice. This can help confirm whether it is possible to have a sort of boiler capable of burning nuclear waste. This could be a significant step forward, according to scientists. If the idea works, it will be then worth conducting other tests aimed at assessing the incinerating capacity of Super-Phoenix. [passage omitted] [end recording]