European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes Page 13 age 17 the stars an stripes authorized unofficial Publ vol. 45, no. 15 Friday May 2, 1986 Tje . Armed forces is Don and us Woy q 8693 a 2nd meltdown rumoured situation out of control by he associated press the disastrous Accident at a soviet nuclear Power Plant has spread fire and damage 10 a second nuclear reactor Reagan administration sources said wednesday. Officials differed on the extent of the catastrophe. Some sources offering a detailed assess ment of he Accident at the chernobyl com plex said . Intelligence agencies arc convinced a second of the four reactors at the site either has already experienced or is experiencing a meltdown of its Core. Late wednesday however another administration official Laid the evidence of a second meltdown was not so Clear Cut. This official said it was too Early to reach a conclusion based on existing evidence. The official said there was evidence of damage to the second reactor building but i m not prepared to say there has been a second  another official said after attending an intelligence briefing that the notion of a second meltdown was dead  a meltdown definitely occurred within the first reactor however said officials who see meltdown on Page 24 this photograph near Kiev in the French television. Damaged soviet nuclear Plant of the chernobyl nuclear Power Plant Ukraine was broadcast wednesday on i. The blackened damaged Section on the right apparently is the site of the meltdown and lire that has spewed radioactive Clouds into the atmosphere. Casually and damage figures Are Uncertain. Western Europe takes measures against fallout Stockholm Sweden not several Western european countries took Steps wednesday to ensure the safety of their people from radioactive fallout. In Austria mothers in the province of Carinthia were being advised to keep infants and Small children indoors. In Sweden officials warned people not to drink water from casks that collect rain water for summer cottages. The import of fresh meal fish and vegetables from the soviet bloc countries was banned because of possible contamination. The Steps followed reports from Poland on tuesday that iodine tablets were being issued to infants children and pregnant mothers to protect the thyroid gland against poisoning. One of the products of a nuclear Accident is radioactive iodine which can cause cancer. The tablets made of potassium iodide saturate he thyroid gland with nonradioactive iodine so that radioactive iodine from the environment cannot be absorbed. The polish government also banned the Sale of milk from grass fed cows. In addition Western european nations moved to evac uate their citizens who might be working or travelling in the Vicinity of the crippled soviet nuclear Plant. An aus Trian steel company chartered a Light to evacuate the relatives of its engineers working on a soviet steel project in Shlobin byelorussian 100 Miles North of the chernobyl Plant the site of the Accident. They said that the Scarcity of information from the soviet Union made it difficult to say whether the danger was Over. Tourists workers flee contaminated areas London a hundreds of West Ern tourists and workers began leaving Kiev Minsk and other Western soviet cities wednesday to escape contamination from the ukrainian nuclear fire. The chernobyl Plant that has spewed a huge invisible Cloud of radioactivity into the atmosphere is 60 Miles North of Kiev and about 200 Southeast of Minsk. The atomic reactor fire is believed to have started Friday. Travel agencies across Europe cancelled trips to the soviet Union and to Poland which has ordered nationwide emergency precautions. The soviet Union s tourism office in a letter released wednesday to travel agents said travel to Kiev is perfectly Safe up1 reported. The authorities have advised us that at the Accident site they Sec fully in control there Are no harmful after effects and even travel in the area is perfectly Safe the letter from the soviet i tourist office said. We hasten to reassure you completely that now As always there Are no limitations nor restrictions on travel within the soviet Union the letter said a Vatican spokesman said Pope John Paul ii a native of Poland was following developments closely and entreats in his prayer to god that. They will succeed in limiting with the greatest Speed and efficiency the damages caused. To people and to the  traces of contamination were reported in Monaco playground of the Rich on the French Riviera. Danish radio said the catch of a danish fishing vessel was confiscated because radiation was discovered in the vessel s air Niter. It had been operating in Waters be tween Sweden and the soviet Union. Swedish scientists said radioactivity remained High in parts of Northern Sweden but had fallen to near Normal in other parts of the country. Members of a yugoslav tour group were examined in Belgrade after returning from Kiev. The clothing of several members was contaminated but the level of radioactivity was not life threatening the yugoslav news Agency Tan Jug reported. Embassies in Moscow advised foreigners to leave some areas of the Western soviet Union. British officials were arranging evacuation from Kiev and Minsk of about 100 British tourists. Finland s foreign ministry said it would Send a plane for the 100 or More finns in Kiev a City of 2.4 million. A British student in Kiev said the City s residents were going about their Normal business but were worried despite official soviet reassurances that they were not in danger. Christine Foulder 22, one of 71 britons visiting the ukrainian capital said authorities told her group Kiev is a Safe place but they had heard reports of Between 2,000 to 4,000 deaths. A lot of people Are very worried and very concerned she told the British Broad casting corp by Telephone. We want to come Home we feel at risk and we have to come Home she said. We arc apparently 60 to 80 Miles away from a nuclear  the British made arrangements to Fly 28 see flee on Page 24