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The Sovicts restariCd chcrnobyi' ~r:il (in l~icSep." - Short-Term Econoinlc Costs<br />
. tembcrand ~nit 2 in ~o\'cmbei, tliei-chy missing their The immediate cronomic testS or the a~cidc~t .-<br />
- c~rlY opiirriistic ,oiil:'Adc:qtiatelydecoritaiitinating' include: -- , ,<br />
. thc site to rcsume operaiions IcsteCl SO\'ict ingenuit)' :, ,,"<br />
· alld resources (sec insctoiipa'gc 6~ A major realloca- '. The opportunity CostS ~r using additionai fuel oil in<br />
; tion or managers and technicians was needed. to solvc plants replacing electricity from <strong>Chernobyl</strong>' instead<br />
· problems such as'thccntombment of thc destroyed - of selling the fuel oil for hard currency.<br />
· rc:tctor and decontamination of the highly radioactivc<br />
" turbogener;;tor hall, which houses thc turbines of;'11<br />
four of the plant's units C _:1 Part of the price<br />
for this success was a slowdown in the construction of<br />
at least three reactors at other power plants due for<br />
startup in 1986. Intermittcnt operation or Chcrnobyl'<br />
units I aDd 2 through mid-December suggestcd that<br />
problems remained. '<br />
The Catc oC <strong>Chernobyl</strong>' unit 3 is still uncertain.<br />
Although entombment of unit 4 is now complete, the<br />
recovery or unit 3 will drag on for somc time,_ ... _. ~<br />
eSpeCially ifCritieal elcCtrical and ventilation assemblies<br />
were damaeed in the fires rollo\\;ng the accident<br />
or if radiation contamination is too cxtensh'c for rapid<br />
cleanup. If the reactor of unit 3 is not fully recovered,<br />
Moscow will have to reassess the "shared facilities"<br />
design at RBMK rc:tctors_ Three nuclear power<br />
plants now use this type of design and one other such<br />
plant is at an carly stagc of construction.'<br />
'Sbortty arlCr the Aprit accid~III, pbns \\"ere announ«d 10 res!>"<br />
Chernoby!' •• ils t and 1 in Juroc. Durine Aucust Ihe d..,dline ror<br />
.051." ns shifled 10 Oclober :os Ihe S",icu became morc COlI'<br />
CCfncd .boul radilliOClupooUfCS 0' opcratioas slaIT, ' .<br />
• I. o.der 10 &aYe on planl in'-CSlmenl alld oimplir)' dcsilM-. lhe<br />
Soncu COIISINct RBMK pI.nlS 10 .ha.e racilili05 fo. fUllctio.s<br />
ouch as ratl •• haU •• nln.tion or "~I" Ucalmenl. Ahhou,h<br />
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