Ticking time bombs: East bloc reactors. (nuclear reactors)

From: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Date: July 1, 1993| Author: Halverson, Thomas | Copyright information

Alexei Yablokov, Boris Yeltsin's environmental adviser, said of Soviet-style reactor safety in 1992: "It's impossible to deliver [our] power stations by missile to some other country, but in reality, they are no less dangerous than nuclear weapons."

How will the West react if there is another nuclear reactor explosion, or a meltdown in Eastern Europe or the former Soviet Union? It is entirely possible we will find out, if nothing is done about the 25 most dangerous Sovi...

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