Word: accidentally
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Concerns rose sharply over the safety of residents of Kiev, 80 miles from the disaster, and the surrounding area. Though officials first said the April 26 accident posed no danger to the third largest Soviet city (pop. 2.4 million), Kievans were told last week to wash often and keep their...
Like a biblical calamity, the impact of the accident seemed to be felt everywhere. Among the countries affected:
The carefully controlled 67-minute session at which Shcherbina spoke was the first formal briefing since the accident began. Officials conceded that while the accident occurred at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, some 36 hours passed before the evacuation of the 49,000 residents in the vicinity of Pripyat...
The clearest picture of the situation was provided by officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency, a United Nations-affiliated organization based in Vienna. Its three top officials were allowed to fly over the site of the accident. Morris Rosen, the director of the agency's division of nuclear | safety...
Rosen confirmed that the accident began with an explosion followed by a severe fire. He said the reactor was undergoing maintenance and operating at only 7% of its power when the mishap occurred. The blast halted all chain reactions in the unit's core, Rosen said, but it remained hot...