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...nuclear bombs are detonated." Along with U.S. Surgeon Bernard Lown, Chazov received the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Chazov's remarks, delivered before a meeting of the organization, drew a sharp rebuke from members of Chancellor Helmut Kohl's Christian Democratic Party, which supports nuclear power. A spokesman called the physicians' group a "Soviet- steered propaganda forum...
This story is based on reporting by Kristin A. Goss, Laura S. Kohl and Allison L. Jernow...
...political fallout from Chernobyl has descended most heavily upon West Germany. "No other country has gone quite as crazy as we have," says one government expert. The nuclear controversy is dramatically shifting West Germany's political agenda and deepening the problems of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who will face voters next January in a general election...
...Kohl's Christian Democrat-led coalition continues to favor more nuclear plants. The rival Social Democrats, who in the elections will be headed by Johannes Rau, the minister-president of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, want to phase out existing facilities "as soon as is feasible." The ecology- minded Greens have been gaining in strength since Chernobyl, and their demand that the nation's 20 commercial atomic plants be immediately closed seems attuned to the mood of the country; a recent survey found that 69% of those questioned oppose further nuclear expansion...
Chancellor Kohl, who has been the subject of a three-month corruption investigation that was dropped last week for lack of evidence, looks < politically weaker now than at any other time since he assumed power in 1982. Polls taken since Chernobyl show the Social Democrats consistently leading his Christian Democrats. The opposition, moreover, has been able to dictate the campaign theme for upcoming elections. Its battle cry is Ausstieg! (phased "withdrawal" from nuclear energy...