Word: kiev
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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 windows closed. They were further warned against eating lettuce and swimming outdoors. In the city, water trucks hosed down streets to wash away radioactive dust, and police conducted spot checks for radiation. Kiev's 250,000 schoolchildren will be let out of classes two weeks early for summer vacation...
...from the initial blast to lethal radiation, and tens of thousands may have been evacuated from the endangered region. Meanwhile, radioactive gases and particles have spread over a vast section of the Soviet breadbasket in the Ukraine, and water supplies for the more than 6 million inhabitants of the Kiev area are threatened with contamination. Milk from local cows will probably be tainted for months to come...
Soviet citizens received vastly less information about Chernobyl than was available to the outside world. In Kiev, foreigners were the first to learn of the seriousness of the accident when authorities warned West German technicians on Tuesday that the Chernobyl area was being sealed off. Most of the Soviet Union spent last week in a festive mood for the annual May Day pageant, which combines celebrations of international worker solidarity with the rites of spring. Amid the red flags and bunting that adorned Moscow's bridges and thoroughfares for the four-day holiday, headlines about the ruined reactor would have...
...recent article in another Soviet publication revealed local worries about safety at Chernobyl. A story printed a month or so ago in Literaturna Ukraina, a Kiev publication, attacked shoddy building practices and workmanship at the power station. Writer Lyubov Kovalevska, who lives near the facility, noted "deficiencies" in the quality of construction and demanded that "each cubic meter of reinforced concrete must guarantee reliability and, thus, safety." The article's headline: "It Is Not a Private Matter...
...could take years before the full damage is known, but it is becoming clear that the explosion and fire at a reactor north of Kiev may be the worst disaster in the 32- year history of commercial atomic power. As radiation- laden clouds blow westward, angry Europeans berate the Soviets for failing to alert them earlier. In the U. S., the question: Could it happen here? See WORLD...