1.   The major third-party reprocessing companies welcomed the regulations, saying they would dispel lingering doubt about the safety of the recycled devices.

2.   A fire broke in a propane tank at an old uranium mine in southern France, injuring three workers, the state nuclear fuel reprocessing company said.

3.   Cogema, the state nuclear fuel reprocessing company, accused Greenpeace of using scare tactics.

4.   French and British reprocessing companies have demanded compensation should Germany break the contracts.

5.   Officials at Cogema, the state nuclear fuel reprocessing company, said they could not immediately comment because they had not yet seen the report.

6.   The COGEMA, the state nuclear fuel reprocessing company, said the mine which once yieled uranium was no longer in use.