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A Chronology 01 the Recorery FJforlllt tilt:<br />
Chanohyl' <strong>Nuclear</strong> Po,,'u Planr<br />
19&6 19Se,"I'IIIbu Unit I rmanN; unit 1 restart<br />
promised hi 11\'0 'h·nks.<br />
16 April Reactor unit 4 e:cplodes. callsint<br />
fires in that tmlt and sOllie dOli/ate 10 Oclober Plans/or uniLS J. S.lUItI 6 anto<br />
adJolnlnt knit J. Radioactil'C con-<br />
nounrttl-lUllt J restart scheduled<br />
tam[natlon/orees sll11ldo,,'" Q{ un-<br />
:or mid·1987: conslrllC't[on on UIUIS<br />
damaged unIts I Dnd 2 and susptm·<br />
j and 6 10 usume oIter unit J<br />
slon or conslruct[an on units S alld 6.<br />
broughl on line..<br />
28 April SOI'leLS publicI)' acknol"ledgc the IJ October· Un[1 I shut dtFfl'n/ar -DdJustmtllLS."<br />
accldrnl.<br />
8 "'ol'tmbrr<br />
L "I 8 NOI'embtr Unit 2 rtactor reslarled; trial opcrll-<br />
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tioll 01101\' f'OW'Cr.<br />
U May Gorbachev appears on· TV, destrlb- IS NOl'wrbtr Pravda reports cntombmeill oIuf!it 4<br />
IlIg the accident Dlld ollllormcing<br />
compltlt.<br />
goals/or recovu)'.<br />
5 Deccmbtr TASS anfUJunces that unils I and 2<br />
15 Ma), Tunnel/or accus to the DreD undtr are on linc and readJ'/or normal<br />
the unit 4 reador slarted: construe·<br />
stn'iet,<br />
tion all entom[;menl/or utllt "<br />
begun. 1987<br />
lZ Ma)' First recovery lIlI/etablt annoullctd, 1/·16 Jallll'<br />
proposing to complele enlolllbmclIl or), IAEA dirwar Hans Dlix inspects<br />
and ''prcpare" unIts I, 2. (Jlld j for<br />
tntombment and "Wri/ics" ils<br />
operation by 15 June.<br />
In/tgrll.r,<br />
L I<br />
} lune Rulart afunlts I and 1 schcdullif<br />
for OClobu: rularl af unll J put on<br />
hold, ----<br />
1- J<br />
4 Jill), Tuntld 10 unll -I compleud.<br />
/J March SOlitl press reports that units I Dnd<br />
19 Jul)' Special CPSU Politburo mutlllg } art operating at full potI'tr.<br />
discusses Chtrl/obJ'/' [III'tsrigJtion<br />
usults. Dm/ounces reorganization 01 15 April The chairmQJI·af the USSR's Stau<br />
nuc1tar pOltlU indllstr)'.<br />
COII/mll/u/or UtilizatiIJn of Atomic<br />
£ntro. Andronik PelrosJ'lJnlS, Dn-<br />
}5-19 Augllsl IA£A speciallllee(il/g 01/ Olemobyl' nOIIll((S Iltal unilS j and 6 will nol<br />
Ittld in Vitl/na.<br />
br C'olllPleled_<br />
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