Satellite photos show Soviets may be gearing up for A-tests

NEW YORK A European civilian satellite has revealed increasedactivity around the main Soviet nuclear test site as Moscow'syearlong moratorium on tests nears its end, the New York Timesreported yesterday.

Christer Larsson, director of the Swedish photographic agencySpace Media Network, said five photographs from the satellite, knownas SPOT, showed freshly drilled shafts at the Semipalatinsk site inKazakhstan.

Analysts quoted by the Times said the shafts could be used tolower nuclear charges for detonation underground.

The photos were taken from an altitude of 514 miles, …