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CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT DOCUMENT
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About BACM Research - PaperlessArch
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days, so they left nearly everythin
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The 1986 Report of the U.S. Departm
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S. Hrg. 99-869 THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDE
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COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RES
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BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY THE CHERNOBYL
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statement of Senator J. Bennett Joh
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We will contiue to work to make nuc
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. - the foreign reactor market that
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STATEMENT OF HON. HOWARD M. METZENB
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11 with the wrong report. He came u
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13 The residents of the state of Oh
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15 Yes, I am not satisfied with eve
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17 We accomplished our work by coll
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19 Senator Metzenbaum. Mr. Chairman
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21 The work of the Task Force was t
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23 On May 3 the State Department se
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25 The first elevated levels of rad
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27 8 Foreign data received suggeste
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29 By way of comparison, you might
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31 - 2 - around the world. In the i
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33 4 - In addition to these meeting
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35 - 6 radiological release mechani
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37 DESCRIPTION OF THE CHERNOBYL SIT
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40 SIX OPERATING PUMPS (8 PUMPS TOT
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48 12 H
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50 14 SUPPRESSION POOL ARRANGEMENT
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52 16 SOURCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL DATA
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54 18 EXTRAPOLATION FACTORS (BACK T
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56 20 FUTURE PLANS PREPARE REPORT I
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58 The Department's Nuclear Safety
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60 STATEMENT OF MARY L. WALKEK ASSI
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62 to minimize and manage risks so
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64 Third, the United States nuclear
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66 The priority the Department plac
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68 of the reactor core melted. Unli
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70 Introduction As a member of the
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72 questions concerning fuel behavi
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74 While each of these areas are pa
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76 promises to be able to demonstra
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78 The Chairman. Thank you. Dr. Bun
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80 The most important actions we ca
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82 Nonetheless, I will try to recou
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84 I doubt If I can today convert e
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86 All of our eggs are In the baske
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88 8 safety margins and more fall -
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90 10 The existing emergency planni
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92 12 Further, If we want to ensure
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94 14 never survive the kind of pro
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96 firmed, but at least suspected t
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The Chairman. If we were to 98 have
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100 2 THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, MR
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102 THE SOVIET UNION ALSO AGREED TH
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104 6 MR. CHAIRMAN, IT WILL DO US L
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106 12 tific developments. includin
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108 14 The participating States a^^
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no speculation in the press that it
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112 than the Soviet Union. They hav
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114 We find that as a glimmer that
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116 Mr. Denton. I don't have that a
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118 My next question is what is the
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120 Mr. Meyers. These are the Easte
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122 Los Anpeles Times, 5/22/86 Radi
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124 us trig au m ifistead of a u to
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126 have it go through a peer revie
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128 Mr. Meyers. Mr. Chairman, may I
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130 -2- The health assessment subgr
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— 132 and ask my questions. If he
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134 Mr. Denton. I do not think they
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136 Senator Melcher. To clarify you
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^ 138 human error then, leading to
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140 are 25 BWR units with Mark I co
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142 engineering safeguards for ther
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144 STATEMENT SUBMITTED FOR THE REC
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146 2 - Process Heat for the chemic
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. 148 - ^ THE HEAT IS TRANSPORTED B
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150 Senator Domenici. Mr. Taylor, w
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152 Of that, over the many, many ye
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154 statement to Senate Committee o
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. 156 have become vital and continu
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158 NRC and our industry to produce
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s" 160 on the facts and to ensure t
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. 162 the fuel elements and light w
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164 generations of RBMK designs to
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166 • Third, the design appears t
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168 and ramifications of flow and h
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— 170 Senator Domenici. Thank you
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172 Soon we will have seen a fivefo
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174 Testimony to the Energy and Nat
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176 o The June 1986 folder entitled
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178 Corporate Evaluations Evaluatio
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180 EVENT ANALYSIS AND INFORMATION
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182 accessible from remote terminal
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184 o INPO has also developed good
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186 Members of the full Board are l
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. 188 NATIONAL ACADEMY FOR NUCLEAR
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" 190 o In May and June of 1985, th
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192 identified during INPO evaluati
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194 increased awareness at all leve
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196 o Collective radiation exposure
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198 Establishment of these long-ter
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200 Senator Domenici. Thank you, ve
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202 STATEMENT SUBMITTED FOR THE REC
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. 204 -2- capacity, and has long be
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206 • 4- Temperature Stability Th
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208 In addition. It also appears th
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210 Senator Domenici. Thank you. Dr
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212 The billions of dollars per yea
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214 As a nuclear physicist who has
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216 industry and strong reaction fr
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218 -5- Nevertheless, despite our o
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220 Citizen groups are going to int
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] 222 -9- Footnotes and References
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224 THE BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIE
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226 clear power plants since 1975
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228 Jan Beyea, a physicist, is a se
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230 ... a filtered vent system coul
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232 It is possible that it will tak
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234 Senator Domenici. I appreciate
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APPENDIX Responses to Additional Co
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. . 239 A2 . As noted above, we wou
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241 QUESTION 1. Some people have sa
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243 QUESnON_l. (Continued) 3 - For
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245 QUESTION C.tt . What do we know
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247
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251 QUESTION 2. (Continued) - 2 - P
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253 fiU E S no N_2 . (Continued) -
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255 QUESTION 3 . Just to set the re
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257 QUESTION 5. If you were to choo
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259 2UEST|0N_5. (Continued; 3 - Fir
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261 SMilII2!!_Z- ^° "^ "°" ^^^^ ^
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263 SMilllO^l-^- You attended the I
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I A 265 QU E ST 1 N_ 1 , year ago,
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267 QUESTION 10. (Continued) 3 - in
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279 QUESTION 1 2. (Continued) - 4 -
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281 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATOR
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283 g U E S T 1 N 13. What are the
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I 285 POST-HEARING QUESTIONS AND AN
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287 2 maintained current. Computer
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289 QUESTIONS FROM CHAIRMAN JAMES A
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291 QUESTIONS FROM CHAIRMAN JAMES A
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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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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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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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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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16 will do what we can to try to al
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22 we're a part of that organizatio
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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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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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56 19 Chernobyl NPP Disaster". In D
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60 23 sector. These projects were i
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64 27 Ladies and gentlemen, To my d
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74 Second, the people got radiation
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76 antiradiation measures, there wa
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