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 SUBJ SUBJ:     TAKE 2 OF 5 -- CHERNOBYL CHIEF ADVISER URGES PLANT SHUTDOWN
 REF   REF:     WS0710121594 KIEV VECHIRNIY KYYIV UKRAINIAN 30 SEP///DO NOT
 WORRY.
 ((FBIS TRANSLATED TEXT))  ((SMAHA))   WE HAVE LIVED THROUGH THE
 MOST DRAMATIC NUCLEAR DISASTER IN THE WORLD, BUT HAVE NOT LEARNED
 ANYTHING.
 ((USATENKO))  WHY DO YOU SAY "LIVED THROUGH?"  THE CHERNOBYL
 ACCIDENT WILL END ONLY WHEN THE FALLOUT IS EVENLY DISTRIBUTED ALL
 ACROSS THE PLANET.  RIGHT NOW, THE CATASTROPHE IS CONTINUING.
 MIGRATION OF RADIONUCLIDES IS AMONG ITS DIRECT CONSEQUENCES.   IN
 1994, WE DISCOVERED AMERICIUM.   INCIDENTALLY,  ITS QUANTITY CASTS
 DOUBT ON THE OFFICIAL DATA ON THE SCALE OF THE ACCIDENT.   THERE CAN
 BE TWO EXPLANATIONS -- EITHER THE DATA WERE INTENTIONALLY DOWN
 GRADE
 OR WE MADE A MISTAKE WHEN CALCULATING THE VOLUME OF THE FALLOUT.  IN
 ANY CASE, THERE ARE NO PLANNED ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE THE
 CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACCIDENT.   MEANWHILE WE, NOT HAVING- RELIABLE
 BASIC DATA, HAVE CREATED THE MINISTRY FOR CHERNOBYL ISSUES, HAVE
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 CAN THESE THINGS B.. DONE GROPINGLY, WITH CLOSED . LS?
 ((SMAHA))  OF COURSE NOT.  THERE'IS A TEMPEST OF SCIENTIFIC
 DISCUSSION ON CHERNOBYL.  SCIENTIST VIKTOR SEDLETSKYY, IN
 PARTICULAR, ONCE WROTE IN VECHIRNIYY KYYIV THAT THE CHERNOBYL-2 AND
 LUBYCH POWER PLANTS WERE DESIGNED AS A SINGLE 'COMPLEX, AIMED AT
 CONDUCTING PSYCHOPHYSICAL WARFARE.  WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?
 ((USATENKO))  NOTHING.  HOW CAN WE DISCUSS ANYTHING WITHOUT
 SPECIFIC DATA?  HOWEVER, WHEN I LIVED IN KHARKOV, ?1 MET A GENERAL
 WHO HAD BEEN COMMANDER OF THE "CHERNOBYL-2" FACILITY.   HE SERVED IN
 ANTIAIRCRAFT UNITS.   I HAVE NO REASON TO DOUBT HIS WORDS.   HE
 CLAIMED THAT AN EARLY-WARNING RADAR STATION WAS LOCATED IN CHERNOBYL
 AND WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO CIVILIANS IN FULL ORDER.   I HAVE SEEN AN
 INVENTORY OF EVERYTHING, INCLUDING SOLDIERS' BOOTS AND SPOONS.   IF
 WE COMPARE IT WITH THE INVENTORY OF THE SAME FACILITY COMPILED IN
 THE FALL OF 1993, IT BECOMES CLEAR THAT THE STATION HAS BEEN LOOTED.
 SOME 5.8 KG OF GOLD, PLATINUM, AND OTHER PRECIOUS METALS WERE IN THE
 STATION'S TWO COMPUTERS.   PERHAPS, WHILE SEARCHING- FOR. GOLD, LOOTERS
 STRIPPED 1,100 BOXES OF UNIQUE EQUIPMENT.   IT HAS TURNED OUT THAT
 SOME COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES USED TO. OPERATE AT "CHERNOBYL-2."  TO
 CONCEAL THEIR THIEVERY, ATTEMPTS ARE NOW BEING MADE TO TRANSFER THIS
 FACILITY UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE "SHELTER" SCIENTIFIC-
 TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER.  WHAT VIKTOR SEDLETSKYY CLAIMS SOUNDS QUITE
 FANTASTIC.   HOWEVER, WHAT IS GOING ON AT "CHERNOBYL-2" IS
 UNDOUBTEDLY A CRIME.   WHO WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE?
 ((SMAHA))   TIME WILL TELL.   I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR OPINION,
 ABOUT ANOTHER VECHIRNIY KYYIV ARTICLE, THE ONE BY PHYSICIST
 OLEKSANDR KOVALEVSKYY.  HE CLAIMS THAT THE ACCUMULATION OF CRITICAL
 MASS IN THE RESIDUAL FUEL OF CHERNOBYL'S FOURTH UNIT IS CONTINUING,
 AND THAT IT WILL SOON EXPLODE,   HE EVEN CITES THE EXACT DATE OF THE
 EXPLOSION, WHICH WILL PUT AN END TO HUMAN CIVILIZATION.  DO YOU
 BELIEVE THAT?
 ((USATENKO)) 'I ONLY BELIEVE IN THINGS I KNOW.  AS FOR
 KOVALEVSKYY'S CLAIMS, I CAN ONLY SAY THAT HIS THEORY SHOULD BE
 RESEARCHED AND ASSESSED BY RESPONSIBLE AND QUALIFIED EXPERTS.   IT IS
 EXTREMELY DANGEROUS'TO SIMPLY DISREGARD SUCH THINGS.   A LOT OF
 THINGS ARE GOING ON IN CHERNOBYL THAT ARE BEYOND RATIONAL
 EXPLANATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE.  TAKE FOR
 INSTANCE THE-WELL-KNOWN PHENOMENON CALLED ST. ELMO'S FIRE, OBSERVED
 ON THE EVE OF VOLCANO ERUPTIONS AND EARTHQUAKES.   THERE IS A LARGE
 GROUP OF SCIENTISTS WHO CLAIM THAT THE SHINING OVER THE UNIT DURING
 THE ACCIDENT RESEMBLED ST. ELMO'S FIRES.   DOES THIS MEAN THAT WE
 WERE DEALING WITH SOME UNKNOWN STATE OF MATTER?
 THERE IS CERTAIN "BLACK MAGIC" IN ALL THE FIRES AT THE CHERNOBYL
 POWER PLANT (THERE WERE MORE THAN 30 OF THEM BETWEEN 1986 AND 1991).
 *DURING THE FIRE OF 1991,  "FLYING SAUCERS" WERE ALLEGEDLY OBSERVED.
 OVER THE STATION.   FRANKLY SPEAKING, I DO NOT BELIEVE IN ALL THAT
 GIBBERISH.   I THINK THAT THE MOST SHOCKING FACTS ARE CITED IN THE
 GOVERNMENT COMMISSION'S 'COMMUNIQUE REGARDING THE CAUSE OF THE i991
 FIRE:   "THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY AN INADEQUATE ASSESSMENT OF THE
 SITUATION BY THE STATION'S STAFF."  THAT HAPPENED JUST FIVE YEARS
 AFTER THE 1986 ACCIDENT!   IN 1993, ANOTHER'FIRE BROKE OUT, WHICH
 ALMOST PUT THE WORLD ON THE VERGE OF A NEW CATASTROPHE.  THE-CAUSES
 BEHIND THIS FIRE ARE EQUALLY STRANGE -- A RELAY SWITCH AND POWER
 CABLE SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE.   REGULATIONS AT ANY STATION, NOT
 ONLY A NUCLEAR ONE, ENVISION REGULAR INSPECTION OF CABLES.   IT IS
 HARD TO BELIEVE'THAT THE STATION'S STAFF DID NOT DO THAT.  THIS HAS
 A FLAVOR OF MYSTICISM.
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