European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Dual purpose a realtor on Bank of the Columbia River Al Hanford waih., produces team for electricity and plutonium far the tag sense deportment. It it a Graphite moderated unit without containment Anai gut fear of things nuclear Industry Public May overreact by Linda Werfelman United press inner National nuclear disaster in the soviet Union has revived Public concerns Over the safety Ola Tomic Power not Only throughout Europe but also in the United states. This concern has brought qualms in he Industry in America that the Accident will encourage a gut ear of things nuclear.". Since the Accident Al the giant chernobyl Plant near Kiev in the breadbasket o the soviet Ukraine critics have called Lor a shutdown of lha . Government s military nuclear reactor in Hanford Wash. Thai one is Graphite moderated like a Soffel reactor and also has no containment Structure. Unrelated plans in the unmet grates Are also feeling the heat. Critics have renewed Calls Tor the government to withhold approval of emergency evacuation plans for a disputed nuclear Plant in Seabrook n. H. Such approval is necessary before new plants open. Nuclear officials in lha Pacific Northwest said political fallout irom Iho Accident probably will destroy prospects that two mothballed nuclear Power projects will be completed. Tha nuclear ind Udry in the United states understandably is trying to quiet Public alarm. A Survey of operators of dozens o1 nuclear plants across America yielded confident assertions that a disaster of the scope of the chernobyl Accident could not happen in the United states largely because of greatly differing Plant designs and safety precautions. But critics were equally insistent that the soviet Accident underlined the danger of using the atom to generate Power. Scott Peters of the atomic Industrial forum the chief Trade group Lor the nuclear Power Industry said Public opinion will play a major role in determining the Fate of commercial atomic Power. And Public opinion predicted nuclear researcher Cynthia Pollack of the world watch Institute is Likely to turn against the Industry. The Industry certainty Hopes i will convince people if Al 101� the roster of reactors in operation at end of 1965 so unit to a completed by is Flo Unildo state. Sanfel Union France Britain Japan weather Nany Canada Sweden Belgium Spain India Taiwan  18 32 4 a s 0 0 2 3 of Eafin Termany Switzerland Bulgaria Finland South Korea Italy Argentina Hungary Netherlands South Africa Brall  Lllan Vul Ottavia 4 o 1 0 4 3 1 2 0 o1 0 0 in operation at of april 1986 source International Atonic Energy Agency of naw York to run c it safety snot a problem Pollock Eald bit i m not s the average us citizen is going to be  Peters said he fears the Public might overreact to f. News of the soviet Accident. He worries he said about a gut tear of things nuclear. American Industry and government officials juggle no sparse details of the soviet Accident. Say the 100 licensed commercial nuclear plans in the United slates Are so different in design irom the chernobyl reactor that a similar Accident is impossible besides the 100 licensed plants which provide about 15 percent of America s electricity 27 More plants Are under construction and two other shave been ordered. I with a handful of exceptions . Reactors operate without Graphite cores and have containment facilities t hold any accidental release of radioactivity. The. Damaged soviet Plant was 9 Graphite moderated reactor with a weak containment area in late those used in the United states Western experts said v Bui even with proper provisions for containment then is no guarantee All accidents will be avoided critics and advocates of nuclear Power agree. They at have the potential for vary Large releases of radiation said Robert Pollard of the Union of. Concerned scientists a group often critical of the . Uncle Industry. J to Muir general Una seems to be that it a disaster of the same scope As the soviet Accident can t happen Here Pollard a nuclear Engineer said. But it s not impossible. We can t guarantee there won t be an Accident said Loring Mills vice president for nuclear activities Al the Edison electric Institute a utilities association. However we be put enough things in place so that it we do have Art Accident we contain ii safely provisions have improved considerably since the 1979 Accident at the three mile Island nuclear Plant near Harri Shurj pa., mitts said noting the series of " design modifications ordered alter the disaster by the nuclear regulatory commission. But Pollard said the Mac has Nat Donaj enough the arc has left safety problems unresolved Lor  a spokeswoman for the nuclear regulatory commission said Agency officials Are not prepared to talk about any implications of the soviet Accident on nuclear Power Plant operations in the United states. In in Linlor View Earlor this Spring arc chairman Gunzlo Palladino said chances of a a or Accident have been greatly reduced since three mile Island. Nevertheless he acknowledged extensive safely concerns at eight facilities san Onolre and Rancho sece in Cali Lorna Davis Besse in Ohio and live Tennessee Valle authority reactors in the South closed for what hecalledi1 up Kcal improvement in certain areas.". Some critics suggested that others notably the. Cutting i Corners on safety Bythema Ferraro # United press International a after the 1979 three mile Island nuclei Power Accident in he United states she soviet Union a Pioneer in atomic Energy began to Leal pressure to  More attention to safely but other than to switch future building plans Iron Graphite to pressurized water reactors with i containment Walls the soviets took dangerously lilt i action to prevent possible disasters instead Western experts say the russians seen to continue to Cut Corners to save time end Money. They did not bother to retrofit existing units or those under construction with protective steel reinforced i thick Concrete Walls like those used in the West i the soviets appeared convinced they already a near tall Safe system with reactors housed Only in Industrial Type Concrete buildings belter than t the United Stales and elsewhere. Page 14 the stars and stripes