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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The_Tom: [QB] Actually, Chernobyl (isn't the more accurate spelling now considered Chornobyl or somesuch?) had little to do with cutbacks. It had to do with a lack of safety precautions and operator incompetance. And the safety precautions (namely a standard containment vessel) could have been there, they were brushed aside more by Soviet confidence in there not being accidents than by an unwillingness to pay for them. The CBC's National Magazine had Tom Clancy on last night, who seemed to think that based on what he's heard, most or all of the crew would be dead within a minute or two. Putin's now saying that he was told right at the outset by his military men that there was essentially no hope of survivors. (BTW, those Russian admirals have kewl hats). Interestingly, radiographers in Norway have found no evidence of increased radioactivity in the Barent's sea, suggesting the crew probably had time to shut down the reactor after the accident. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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