European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes sunday june 28,1987 doctor warns against another nuke Accident Bonn a another major nuclear Accident is unavoidable and there is a 50 percent Chance of a meltdown As a . Nuclear Power station in the next 20 years an american doctor who treated victims of the chernobyl disaster said Friday. Or. Robert Gale told a news conference in Bonn that the world must develop Safe nuclear reactors if it is to continue using atomic Energy. There is very Little disagreement that Here is a Strong probability of another Accident Gale said. It is just unavoidable in the United states the possibility of a Core melt Down is 50 percent Over the next 20 years he said quoting the . Nuclear regulatory commission at his  a meltdown one of the worst possible accidents at a nuclear Power ration the radioactive Core begins melting into the  Elso said that he likelihood of another major nuclear Accident somewhere in the world in the next decade is not less than 25  Gale is head of the Bone marrow transplant unit at the medical Center at he University of California at los Angeles. He was the first Western physician invited by the soviet Union to help in last years disaster at the Cher Nobyl Power station which took 31 lives and i consid ered history s worst nuclear Accident. The Accident is expected to cause up to 1,000 additional birth defects and up to 5,000 genetic abnormal or. Robert Gale lilies he  40 percent of the Adverse affects will occur in the soviet Union he said. More than half will occur outside the soviet Union predominantly in Europe he said Gaic was visiting Bonn at the invitation of the Ger Man atom forum an organization of the German atomic Energy Industry. Half of the birth defects eau Seu by chernobyl will have already occurred in babies bom after the Acci Dent but the other half will Only appear Over the next half Century Gale said. The major birth defect anticipated is severe mental retardation but children can Only be letter for that after they Are 2 years old. Gale said. In Germany up to 1,000 people could die of cancer because of radiation from chernobyl Over the next half