World IN BRIEF : SOVIET UNION : Ukrainians Call for Chernobyl Closure
From Times staff and Wire reports
Ukrainian lawmakers said the Chernobyl nuclear power plant must be closed and demanded to know why the issue was not on the agenda of the nation’s Supreme Soviet legislature, the Tass news agency reported. Tass said the lawmakers favor shutting down Chernobyl because of harmful environmental effects following a fire and explosion at the plant in 1986.
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