Chernobyl Shutdown Plans Stir International Debate
Ukrainian officials push to close the Chernobyl plant by 2000 amid Western support and safety doubts. Serhiy Parashin questions economic viability while international experts note safety upgrades and compare with Russia’s Kursk and Smolensk reactors.
McNamara memoir stirs again on Vietnam war
Mike Deupree discusses Robert McNamara's memoir and its reception, arguing the book restates familiar critiques of U S Vietnam policy, while media and public figures weigh its significance. The column notes persistent debate and Clinton's wartime record, concluding McNamara's analysis offers little new insight.
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Ukraine demands replacement plant to shutter Chernobyl
Ukraine warned Monday it will keep the crippled Chernobyl nuclear station running unless Western countries finance a replacement power plant. Plant director Serhiy Parashyn said reactors can be stopped only after a compensating plant is built. Kyiv prefers a nuclear, gas, or coal option funded by the World Bank, with July as a financing target.
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