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Jimmy Carter to propose a ban on satellites using nuclear reactors as power sources Cosmos 1402, launched from the Soviet Union Aug 30, is traveling in a relatively low orbit about 160 miles above Earth, said the intelligence sources They have reported strong evidence the satellite has been having difficulties and that, because of what they described as its erratic behavior, the Soviets probably cannot boost it into a higher orbit. The Soviets usually send such satellites into a higher orbit after they have finished their spy mission so they will not fall back to Earth. Such a practice is intended to keep the satellites and their radioactive materials in space for 500 years or longer, experts said The ocean surveillance satellites, which locate ships and chart their movements, normally stay in operation for about six months before they are replaced by others, officials said The Soviets usually keep two or three such satellites in orbit to provide wide coverage, par ticularly of U S fleet movements. Such ocean surveillance satellites carry about 100 pounds of enriched uranium to power their radar devices, which scan ocean surfaces, according to U S experts After the protests caused by the disintegra tion of Cosmos 954 over Canada in January 1978, the Soviet Union waited a little more than two years before sending up a another one Like the Soviet Union, the United States maintains a wide variety of reconnaissance and other satellites, but U S. sources said no active U S satellites carry nuclear materials In Kettering, England, private astronomer Geoffrey Perry, known for his hobby of tracking satellites, said "The Cosmos malfunctioned on Dec 28. It split into its three component parts as normal, but instead of the nuclear reactor being raised to the safe' orbit at 950 kilometers (595 miles), on this occasion it remained in the low orbit at 250 kilometers (155 miles), from where it will decay naturally in the next few weeks unless the Russians are able to remedy the fault." Perry, head of physics at Kettering Boys School in the English Midlands, told The As sociated Press via telephone that "If it lands in an inhabited area, it could prove very dangerous. But I don't want to speculate too much on that.” Perry said his analysis was based on unclas sified orbital data which he received from the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Flood may have spread toxic chemical TIMES BEACH, Mo. (AP) - Technicians in silver protective suits began testing piles of de bris Wednesday to see if flood waters have spread highly toxic dioxin through this mostly de serted town The new testing began as one federal agency proposed aban doning the town and building a replacement for its 2,4000 res idents Health officials warned everybody to stay out Bill Keffer of the regional En vironmental Protection Agency office in Kansas City said seven technicians were testing silt covered debris left by flood waters a month ago in the com munity 25 miles southwest of St Louis The tests are intended to determine whether the dioxin, which had been discovered in heavy concentrations just before the floods, had been moved around by the water "This team will be here two weeks to test the sites that the local people consider priority areas," Ketfer said The results of the tests, he said, should be known within four to eight weeks Ten additional technicians are due in Times Beach this weekend to begin making tests in 10 sample blocks in the town, he said Eighty to 100 homes would be involved As the tests began, officials announced plans to remove the flood debris to a hazardous waste site in Warren County about 40 miles west of St. Louis. 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