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Article: CHERNOBYL SAFEGUARDS SIMILAR TO U.S. PLANTS'.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- May 19, 1986
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Byline: Combined wire services
The nuclear power plant that exploded in the Soviet Union last month had more safety features and was closer to U.S. reactor designs than Western experts had assumed in the days soon after the accident, nuclear experts told the New York Times.
In Munich, West Germany, Chancellor Helmut Kohl Sunday criticized Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev for his handling of the Chernobyl nuclear accident and challenged the Kremlin to pay West Germany reparations for damages from radiation, the Associated Press reported.
In Moscow, the Soviet media for the first time acknowledged Sunday that a delay in releasing information ...