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Soviet official presses fivefold rise in nuclear power by 2000
Yevgeny Velikhov testified on Chernobyl at Congress, calling the disaster unthinkable and urging rapid international safety rules. He said Moscow aims to expand nuclear capacity fivefold by 2000, with on-site inspections agreed in principle, and noted global cancer risks and a slow initial disclosure.
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