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Article: CHERNOBYL REOPENING IGNITES WORRIES FROM WEST SCIENTISTS FEAR NUCLEAR PLANT IS NOT Y2K-READY.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- November 26, 1999
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Thirteen years after the world's worst nuclear accident, the Chernobyl power plant is re-emerging as a focus of environmental fears and a subject of negotiations over aid to cash-strapped Ukraine.
The reopening of the plant's only functioning reactor, scheduled for today after five months of repairs, comes after the U.S. State Department recently said Ukraine ``appears to be unprepared'' to confront the Y2K bug. The department warned of ``a risk of potential disruption in all key sectors, especially the energy and electric services.''
``We're completely opposed to restarting Chernobyl,'' said Ben Pearson, an anti-nuclear campaigner in the Amsterdam ...