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MOSCOW--A leading physicist in the cleanup of the damaged Chernobyl nuclear reactor was quoted yesterday as saying a turning point had been reached and that it was no longer possible that the situation could worsen...
Velikhov, the vice president of the Soviet Academy of Scientists and a director of the Chernobyl cleanup, said soil was being frozen and cement was being poured with the goal of sealing off the damaged reactor. Officials will decide afterward whether to reactivate the power plant, he was quoted as saying...
...much of the new diplomatic offensive, has been particularly damaged. Gorbachev's goal of taking up the mantle of the recognized champion of a nuclear-free world has certainly been set back. Last Tuesday, when a Soviet diplomat was trying to elicit West German help with the accident cleanup while providing as little information as possible, a West German scientist finally lost his temper and shouted at him, "This is not some little game we are playing. You are now responsible for endangering life on our planet." The world will not soon forget that, nor how the Soviets reacted...
...separate development, 18 students at Clemson University were arrested for their battle of comestibles that recently cost the university $1,141.51 in cleanup costs...
Huskie Jerry Nelson led off the game with a walk and second baseman Jim Mealey followed with a single, both runners moving up on the throw. With runners on second and third, right fielder John Griffin bounced out to second, scoring Nelson. Cleanup hitter Paul DiPillo followed with a single, driving in Mealey...