DATE=5/28/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-232918
TITLE=PAKISTAN NUKE MONITORING -S & L
BYLINE=JIM RANDLE
DATELINE=PENTAGON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: SCIENTISTS WHO MONITOR NUCLEAR TESTS SAY THE BLASTS IN
PAKISTAN SHOOK THE EARTH AND WERE DETECTED BY DOZENS OF SEISMIC
MONITORS AROUND THE GLOBE. V-O-A'S JIM RANDLE REPORTS.
TEXT: SEISMIC WAVES FROM THE UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR BLAST TRAVELED
THROUGH THE EARTH TO EARTHQUAKE MONITORING STATIONS AROUND THE
GLOBE. BY 14-HUNDRED UNIVERSAL TIME, MORE THAN 40 STATIONS
DETECTED THE WAVES. SCIENTISTS SAY THE BLAST MEASURED ABOUT FOUR
POINT NINE ON THE RICHTER EARTHQUAKE MONITORING SCALE.
EXPERTS SAY A BLAST WITH THE SAME POWER AS ONE THOUSAND TONS OF
HIGH EXPLOSIVE WOULD RESEMBLE A QUAKE MEASURING ABOUT
FOUR-POINT-ONE ON THAT SCALE.
THE SCIENTISTS, WHO ARE FROM DOZENS OF NATIONS, MAKE THEIR
ANALYSIS BY EXAMINING DATA SENT IN AUTOMATICALLY FROM STATIONS
ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING ONE IN PAKISTAN.
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THEY SAY THE LOCATION OF THE SEISMIC EVENT IS THE SAME AS THE
PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TEST SITE. IN COMING DAYS AND WEEKS, THEY WILL
CHECK INSTRUMENTS TO SEE IF ANY RADIOACTIVE DUST BURST OUT OF THE
GROUND AT THE TEST SITE. THEY WILL ALSO CHECK LEVELS OF
RADIOACTIVE XENON, AN INERT GAS THAT EVENTUALLY MAKES ITS WAY TO
THE SURFACE EVEN IF NO DUST ESCAPES FROM THE DEEPLY BURIED
BLASTS.
(SIGNED)
NEB/JR/LTD/MMK
28-May-98 10:38 AM EDT (1438 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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