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Article: Russians Debate Severity Of Nuke Plant Accident
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- September 2, 1994
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MOSCOW In a dispute underscoring the disarray in Russia's nuclear
industry, officials argued Thursday over the seriousness of a fire at
an accident-prone nuclear processing plant.
The fire at the Mayak plant released radioactive gases into the
atmosphere Wednesday.
"It was a very unpleasant and grave incident, which, according
to the preliminary reports, can be qualified as level three" on a
seven-step international scale, said Yuri Rogozhin, a spokesman for
the regulatory agency Gosatomnadzor.
Officials at the Mayak plant and at the Nuclear Power Ministry,
which runs it, insisted there was no serious contamination or worker
exposure.
"The incident was a minor one, and it's totally ...