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S. Hrg. 99-869 THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATTJEAL RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DOMESTIC NUCLEAR INDUSTRY JUNE 19, 1986 BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 63-756 O WASHINGTON : 1986 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, <strong>Congressional</strong> Saks Office U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402
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Page 14: CONTENTS STATEMENTS Beyea, Dr. Jan,
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Page 21 and 22: JAMIS A MfClUtW. aiANO CHAINUAN MAM
Page 23 and 24: 8 STATEMENT BY SENATOR DANIEL J. EV
Page 25 and 26: 10 But all of this causes me concer
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Page 35 and 36: 20 STATEMENT OF MR. SHELDON MEYERS
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Page 51 and 52: 36 ATTACHMENT TO TESTIMONY OF HAROL
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47 11 DESCRIPTION OF PRIMARY SYSTEM
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49 13 UJ s ec I- 3 CM B a s o i 1
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51 EVENT DESCRIPTION SUMMARY AND ST
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53 17 SOURCE TERM SOURCE TERM ESTIM
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NO 55 19 ESTIMATED DOSES DOSE,* REM
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57 The Chairman. Thank you, very mu
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59 ing to make an independent asses
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61 Mr. Chairman, thank you for the
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63 Includes the clear assignment of
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65 designed to ensure against an un
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67 The Chairman. Thank you. Mr. Wad
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69 STATEMENT OF TROY E. WADE, II ID
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71 The transient kinetic behavior o
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73 Impact on Current Reactors Altho
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75 In making the following remarks,
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77 accident recovery, emergency act
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79 whatever we can and do so in a d
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81 STATEMENT OF DELBERT F. BUNCH AC
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83 What we know about the Chernobyl
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85 Basic structure of the licensing
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87 The core meltdown prevention pol
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89 to require that the Industry get
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91 11 on for licensing purposes and
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93 13 meltdown accidents, then let'
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95 The Chairman. Thank you. We will
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97 Idaho, and that will give us fur
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99 STATEMENT BY SENATOR MALCOLM WAL
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101 IN THAT AGREEMENT, THE SOVIET U
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103 I THINK THE ENGLISH HERE SPEAKS
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105 The Department ofState Bulletin
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107 13 from pollutants emanating fr
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109 Senator Wallop. I would like to
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Ill have not seen any of it yet. I
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113 We are also trying to be toughe
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115 Senator Bumpers. I must confess
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117 cy makes it extremely difficult
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— 119 Part of the problem has bee
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. 121 Additional Statement By Senat
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123 Juue 19, 1986 Committee oti Ene
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125 Senator Metzenbaum. Would that
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127 cerned when they are living aro
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129 Material for Health Consequence
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131 The Chairman. Senator Domenici.
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133 and Chernobyl, had a very serio
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135 longer, as in U.S. light water
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137 and the designers about what wa
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139 that you are dead right about t
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141 I am working there as a leader
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143 In addition to the development
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145 Prof. DR. Rudolf Schulten Nucle
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147 3 - As I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE
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149 5 - For all accidents the influ
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151 One other feature which is extr
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153 In just a summary statement on
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155 statement of John J. Taylor Bef
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157 technical review group, endorse
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159 2. Second, we must not fail to
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161 • Third, the Soviet graphite
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163 Although both the RBMK and LWR
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: 165 stantiated by a recent Associ
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167 pressure buildup inside the TMI
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169 SUMMARY The U.S. has reason to
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171 dissimilar. I had assignments a
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173 rules regarding safety. Lost ti
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175 BRIEF HISTORY OF INPO INPO was
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177 EVALDATIONS In-depth evaluation
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179 o Observations are made of ongo
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181 o Yellow-tab operating experien
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183 Human Performance Evaluation Sy
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185 utility writes a comprehensive
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187 Wayne H. Jens, Ph.D. Vice Presi
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189 each utility or established on
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191 ASSISTANCE The industry recogni
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193 INPO expects that the NRC will
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195 In April 1986, INPO issued its
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197 1990 AVERAGE GOALS OVERALL PERF
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199 Technical exchange and assistan
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201 either attain a disproportionat
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203 Mr . Chai rman : I appreciate t
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205 -3- system. The reactor is surr
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207 •5- HTGR or RBMK type reactor
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209 -7- Another important safety fe
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211 in the licensing process. What
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213 National Audubon Society -^^ 95
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215 Furthermore, even large-volume
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217 POSSIBLE RESPONSES TO THE ACCID
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219 There are other litigation meas
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221 nuclear plants of the current g
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223 •loin a 1978 study prepared f
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225 Jan Beyea and Frank von Hippel
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. 227 Frank von Hippel. a physicist
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229 As more and more nuclear power
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231 The industry is concerned that
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233 Senator Domenici. Thank you, ve
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235 occurs to the Earth. It is intr
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238 RESPONSES TO eOLLOW-UP QUESTION
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240 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISS
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242 2yEST20N_l. (Continued) - 2 - e
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244 C[U E S TjÔ N_j_ . (Continued)
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246 QUESTION C.t< . (Continued) - 2
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248 \ÊcS&t^^^^^ T;- ~ Qcm M w&ST^^
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250 gyESTJ^0N_2. What are the main
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252 gi)EST20N_2. (Continued) - 3 -
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254 2yESnON_2. (continued) - 5 - ve
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256 gUESTX0N_4. What is the populat
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258 QUESTX0N_5. (Continued) - 2 nuc
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260 2iiiSIiON_i- Could you tell us
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262 QUESTI ON 8 . Wouldn't having u
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272 QUESTION 10. (Continued) - 8 -
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274 QUESTION 11 Is there more work
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276 gUESTX0N_J.2^ The Plant involve
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278 SMiiliON-ii • (Continued) 3 -
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280 QiiiS T J^N_J_2 . (Continued) -
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282 Mr. Victor Stello, Jr. - 2 - Ju
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284 Department of Energy Washington
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286 QUESTIONS FROM CHAIRMAN JAMES A
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The 288 DOE line management respons
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294 Answer 5 (continupd): The LWP w
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296 QUESTION FROM CHAIRMAN JAMES A.
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306 -2- Answ6r 12 (continued): Work
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310 miESTIONS FROM CHAIRMAN JAMES A
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316 Answer 17 (continued): of liqui
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318 QUESTIONS FROM SENATOR METZEN6A
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320 Question Z: Please estimate the
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322 Question 4: In designing evacua
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324 00 ESTIONS FOR ASSISTANT SECRET
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326 Questions from' Senator James A
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328 -2- 6) I am not aware that any
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330 J. A. McClure -1- July 08, 1986
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332 J. A. McClure -3- July 08, 1986
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334 J. A. McClure -5- July 08, 1986
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, , 336 IMP® OFnaAL COMM PLEASE Ji
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338 accredited utility training pro
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340 Answer: In today's environment,
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.. 342 Question 1 From what I under
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S. Hrg. 102-765 EFFECTS OF THE ACCI
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CONTENTS OPENING STATEMENTS Graham,
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many are^-S, an individual's averag
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In recent months, a great deal of n
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were hardest hit by radiation from
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8 more exposure. However, their exp
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10 malformations in the contaminate
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12 So I think there are some things
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14 projects in Ukraine without a pa
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16 The magnitude of the problem is
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— 18 be and have been mapped fair
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20 So the situation now is you have
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22 STATEMENT OF DR. MURRAY FESHBACH
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24 couple of years, perhaps three y
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— 26 culty because much of the da
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28 viets, there were bilateral agre
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30 increase? The answer is not sign
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32 literature anywhere in the world
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34 ards that led to a decline in th
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inherently unsafe and should be shu
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38 vironmental remediation project.
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40 know-how, technology, and assist
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42 that would greatly benefit the C
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44 gas emissions. So we think that
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46 ' Senator Lieberman. Mr. Chairma
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48 The Children of Chomobyl Relief
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50 very real sense, Chernobyl Is th
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52 Health officials have been bendi
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54 The conclusions offered by the C
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56 tumors may develop in these hot
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58 10 5) Help to prevent future Cho
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60 Level of malignant tumors in the
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62 Number of Newborn with Birth Def
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64 INFECTIOUS DISEASES AMONG PEOPLE
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66 The Children of Chornobyl Relief
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68 FRED A. METTLER, JR., M.D., M.P.
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70 Conclusions and Recommendations
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72 There remain very Urge tn»s of
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74 I wish to thank this Committee f
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76 also are certain that various ac
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78 Develop programs with emphasis o
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80 The process can be initiated pro
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. 82 Attachment 1 Re: Question 1 Wh
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84 The U.S. Government has already
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86 UKRAINIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF
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88 ^rî^- c/J:-/PJ,yc-rz, fi.~ .^l/
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90 Translation of Support Letter Mi
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92 LtTTER OF SUPPORT 2. Such "Cente
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94 Statement of Edward E. Purvis, I
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96 The Situation In and Near the Re
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98 Figure 2. A Worker Removing Core
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102 5 o Q ċo (0 o. o. 3 CO T 5. £
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104 Figure 7. External View of the
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106 a < I f o •s 2 3 0. oi a3 13
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108 The information on the conditio
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110 Work must be done in a logical
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112 Attachment A Health and Environ
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114 Only a careful, credible dose r
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116 Third Administration. This orga
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118 It is ironic that after 70 year
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120 pleting existing plants under c
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122 NEED FOR AID IS RECOGNIZED West
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124 There are four primary assets h
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126 • CompuChem Laboratories •
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128 Decommissioning the Power Plant
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130 technologies, and perform trade
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132 e. Techniques for management an
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134 Equipment Required Four noteboo
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136 total dosage through food, milk
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— 138 Deliverable 2—Full Projec
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140 MinChemobyl in both technical a
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142 3.0 OPERATIONS PROJECT AREAS Op
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144 Following completion of the Rea
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146 soils. Previous studies and inv
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148 tion, and remediation measures
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150 tion of waste, including its qu
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152 turbations is to include as man
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— 154 health consequences between
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— 156 Technology Assessment, Enha
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158 support any energy option deeme
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" . . require 160 Looking at what w
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162 health of children stirs up ser
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164 from July 6-8. Because the Gove
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166 • Inadequate redundancy and s
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168 meet many of the current safety
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170 clear energy have been able to
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172 in part through the stimulation
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174 cheaper than in Western Europe.
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176 b. Renewable Energy As a start
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178 ^^ Environmental Issues. 11 Oct
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178 '* Environmental Issues. 11 Oct
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180 '" See p. 16. >*« Kevin McCann
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. 'HE LEGACY OF CHORNOBYL 1986 TO 1
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CONTENTS WITNESSES Opening Statemen
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Ukraine and Belarus, which are unde
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tional breaches of the cardiovascul
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Third, we need to identify the most
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8 President Kuchma has confirmed th
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10 Now, if you apply the 30 percent
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12 In another case, however, now he
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16 will do what we can to try to al
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18 I believe that the problem is mo
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20 in the aspect of mitigating the
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22 we're a part of that organizatio
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It's of. 24 It's just not determina
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28 Mr. Smith. Let me just ask one f
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30 Secondly, we work on mathematica
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32 Commissioii on Security and Coop
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34 Birth rate in Belarus has been d
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36 a) Undoubtedly, we will hardly b
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38 Written Testimony of His Excelle
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40 around it. The Chornobyl Plant i
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42 Switzerland, France and Great Br
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44 Over 100 human irradiation meter
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46 The distribution of the fallout
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48 11 into the system of long-term
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50 13 live or, in the year of the a
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52 15 Chernobyl has given rise to a
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54 payments related to pension bene
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56 19 Chernobyl NPP Disaster". In D
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58 21 the Government of Ukraine and
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60 23 sector. These projects were i
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62 25 one mobile laboratory at leas
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64 27 Ladies and gentlemen, To my d
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66 The shaip increase in thyroid ca
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68 During repeated visits to the ne
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70 risk population - the nuclear cl
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72 programs in the CIS. Given the l
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74 Second, the people got radiation
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76 antiradiation measures, there wa
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78 healthy individuals, those with
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