Hydrogen Leak Triggers Explosion At Indian Heavy Water Plant
A hydrogen leak caused an explosion and fire at a heavy water facility in Talchar Orissa. United News of India quotes unidentified plant sources saying serious damage occurred but no casualties. Firefighters took about three hours to control the blaze. workers escaped. Official contact was unavailable due to faulty lines.
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United News of India
Talchar
Orissa
Calcutta
Visiting Professor Hears of Casualties in Kiev
New York AP report says Karen Black Bates College visiting Kiev heard guides claim 200 to 300 casualties from the Chernobyl accident and mention evacuation plans while Kiev appeared not in danger. Black cited guides and NBC Today interview details of the trip with 16 students.
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Kiev
Karen Black
Bates College
Lewiston
Maine
Nbc-Tv
Cooler Days Ahead With Mild Week Forecast
Temperatures are expected to be cooler for the remainder of the week with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. No rain is forecast until Friday when a slight chance of thundershowers exists. Details on Page 6B.
Death notices for six residents announced in paper
Obituary notices list Julia Rivers Aiken Walter F Brewington Bath Warren W Harman Warrenville Margaret M Ward Aiken Russell H Jones North Augusta Johnnie W Jones Johnston with details referenced on Page 68 of the issue.
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Julia Rivers
Aiken
Walter F. Brewington
Bath
Warren W. Harman
Warrenville
Margaret M. Ward
Russell H. Jones
North Augusta
Johnnie W. Jones
Johnston
Fallout No Threat To The U S
Gov Gardner met health officials as radiation monitoring was increased in Washington state ahead of fallout from the Soviet nuclear accident. Experts said radioactivity would dilute and pose no health threat in the United States, with monitoring stations nationwide delivering data to the EPA. Continuous oversight and daily filter changes were ordered at Olympia Spokane and Hanford.
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Wash
Booth Gardner
Washington State
United
United States
Soviet Union
John Wallace
University of Washington Department of Atmospheric Science
Wallace
New York
Kenneth L. Mossman
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, D.C
Charlie Porter
Montgomery
Ala
Spokane
Hanford
Washington
SRP containment debate tied to Soviet reactor disaster
DOE argues SRP confinement filters protect the public like a concrete containment, while critics note Soviet Chernobyl lacked a true shell. DOE spokesmen say SRP reactors run at low pressure and temperature, using confinement systems as the safety barrier.
Death Count Still Uncertain
An inferno at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant sent more radiation into the atmosphere amid reports of hundreds of deaths and a possible world worst nuclear disaster. Sweden warned residents of contaminated rainwater while Austria advised parents to keep infants indoors as fallout spread. The Soviet government reported two killed and four evacuated, but other accounts described a catastrophic, ongoing crisis with West assistance sought.
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Sweden
Chernobyl
Austria
Kiev
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Annis Kofman
Ahe
Nbc-Tv
Today
Karen Black
Bates College
Lewiston
Maine
Trade deficit surges to record $14.5 billion in March
The U S trade gap rose 16.3 percent in March to 14.5 billion as imports of manufactured goods hit a record 25.28 billion. The deficit with Japan climbed to 5.52 billion, a 27.5 percent jump, despite lower petroleum imports.
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U.S
Japan
Commerce Department
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