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...Chernobyl Revisited: Myths, On-Site Findings, and Their Implications." Alexander Sich, Ph.D. candidate in nuclear engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Seminar Room, URI, 1583 Mass...
...Chernobyl to Keep Operating...
Ukraine's parliament voted 221 to 38 to reverse its earlier decision to close the Chernobyl nuclear power station by the end of 1993. Chernobyl was the site in 1986 of the world's worst civilian nuclear accident. The energy-strapped country, which spends more than 10% of its national budget on cleaning up Chernobyl, also lifted a moratorium on building more nuclear plants...
...horror story after another of skies blackened by smokestacks, rivers ruined by toxic wastes and fields flooded by ill- conceived dams. "Farmers rebelled against these outrages," he said, "but because of the command system, their revolt was not heard." Then came the explosion of the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, which "was the final argument. All of us then understood the kind of monster we had created...
Though the Security Council could authorize military means to disarm or punish Pyongyang, any attempt to use force would be extremely tricky. Bombing a functioning nuclear facility could produce an instant Chernobyl and, probably, retaliation. "We might try to take out their nuclear capability with a scalpel," says a Western analyst in Seoul, "but they would respond with a chain...