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The show also illustrates the way leaders must expect the unexpected and not always believe what they hear. The Soviet side is distressed as Washington gets mired in the constitutional procedures for authorizing the next in line -- the Speaker of the House -- to act as President. Later, the American team...
Velikhov and Arbatov are, in fact, both advisers to Gorbachev. They came to the TV set straight from a stormy government meeting and brought with them a sense of reality that put The Blue X Conspiracy in perspective. While waiting ^ for a reply to a hot-line message to Washington...
Nuclear waste is nasty stuff. The inevitable by-product of all atomic-power plants, it remains radioactive for up to 3 million years and necessitates heavy shielding to protect any human or animal life that may come near it. The U.S. Congress believed it had conquered the problem of where...
Deputy Energy Secretary Henson Moore claims that the revised schedule is necessary to satisfy scientific and environmental concerns. "This is in fact a realistic reappraisal rather than a delay," he says. But to critics, it is yet another sign of bureaucratic bungling. Two years and $500 million into the Yucca...
Nevada citizens, environmentalists and scientists are adamantly opposed to the Yucca site. They contend that the area is geologically insecure: Lathrop Wells volcano is twelve miles away, and Nevada ranks just behind Alaska and California in frequency of earthquakes. As a result, Nevada has refused to issue the environmental permits...