C00386420 *** Document 152 of 54 ...,r FBIS. *** DOCN 000340086 PDTG R 071248Z OCT 94 FM FM FBIS WARSAW PL TO TO RUCWAAA/FBIS RESTON VA RAYWBBK/DIO CANBERRA AS RHEBAAA/DOE IOD WASH DC//DASI FOR RAINE// RHEGRLO/PACIFIC NORTHWEST LAB//ATTN VORVICK// RHEGSNM/SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORY//5900 LIA ROSS// RHHJMCY/JICPAC HONOLULU HI .RUCIAEA/NAIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OH//TAI// RUCJNAV/DEPCOMUSNAVCENT MACDILL AFB FL//N51D// RUCWAAA/FBIS RESTON VA//POLCH// RUDGAAA/HQ AFTAC PATRICK AFB FL//DOB// RUDKMKB/FBIS LONDON UK//BBC// RUDMONI/ONI SUITLAND MD//N22// .RUDPWDC/DA AMHS WASHINGTON DC RUEADWD/DA WASHINGTON DC//DASG-MIR// RUEAIIS/STORAGE CENTER FBIS RESTON VA RUEALGX/DEFINTAGNCY WASH DC RUEBFGA/VOA WASHINGTON DC RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC//INR/CEE// RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS//SCIENCE COUNSELOR// RUEHKV/AMEMBASSY KIEV RUEHTC/AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE//CWC DEL// RUEHVEN/USMISSION USVIENNA RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC//DUSD/TSP/TSO// RUESFV/FBIS VIENNA AU RUETIAV/MPC FT GEO G MEADE MD RUFQBBA/US SURVEY SEC SHAPE BE RULKNIS/DIRNAVCRIMINVSERV WASHINGTON DC RUWTADA/HQ AFTAC PATRICK AFB FL//IN// ACCT FBWS-EWDK BT CLAS UNCLAS 3F WARN WARNING: ATTN WSPOPO WARNING: ATTN USVIENNA FOR IAEA pppro f0 Ret Date SERI SERIAL: WS0710124894 . ...w Innn PASS PASS: COPY TO COUN COUNTRY: UKRAINE SUBJ SUBJ: TAKE 2 OF 5 -- CHERNOBYL CHIEF ADVISER URGES PLANT SHUTDOWN REF REF: WS0710121594 KIEV VECHIRNIY KYYIV UKRAINIAN 30 SEP///DO NOT WORRY. ((FBIS TRANSLATED TEXT)) ((SMAHA)) WE HAVE LIVED THROUGH THE MOST DRAMATIC NUCLEAR DISASTER IN THE WORLD, BUT HAVE NOT LEARNED ANYTHING. ((USATENKO)) WHY DO YOU SAY "LIVED THROUGH?" THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT WILL END ONLY WHEN THE FALLOUT IS EVENLY DISTRIBUTED ALL ACROSS THE PLANET. RIGHT NOW, THE CATASTROPHE IS CONTINUING. MIGRATION OF RADIONUCLIDES IS AMONG ITS DIRECT CONSEQUENCES. IN 1994, WE DISCOVERED AMERICIUM. INCIDENTALLY, ITS QUANTITY CASTS DOUBT ON THE OFFICIAL DATA ON THE SCALE OF THE ACCIDENT. THERE CAN BE TWO EXPLANATIONS -- EITHER THE DATA WERE INTENTIONALLY DOWN GRADE OR WE MADE A MISTAKE WHEN CALCULATING THE VOLUME OF THE FALLOUT. IN ANY CASE, THERE ARE NO PLANNED ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACCIDENT. MEANWHILE WE, NOT HAVING- RELIABLE BASIC DATA, HAVE CREATED THE MINISTRY FOR CHERNOBYL ISSUES, HAVE 3) t+ I C00386420 CAN THESE THINGS B.. DONE GROPINGLY, WITH CLOSED . LS? ((SMAHA)) OF COURSE NOT. THERE'IS A TEMPEST OF SCIENTIFIC DISCUSSION ON CHERNOBYL. SCIENTIST VIKTOR SEDLETSKYY, IN PARTICULAR, ONCE WROTE IN VECHIRNIYY KYYIV THAT THE CHERNOBYL-2 AND LUBYCH POWER PLANTS WERE DESIGNED AS A SINGLE 'COMPLEX, AIMED AT CONDUCTING PSYCHOPHYSICAL WARFARE. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? ((USATENKO)) NOTHING. HOW CAN WE DISCUSS ANYTHING WITHOUT SPECIFIC DATA? HOWEVER, WHEN I LIVED IN KHARKOV, ?1 MET A GENERAL WHO HAD BEEN COMMANDER OF THE "CHERNOBYL-2" FACILITY. HE SERVED IN ANTIAIRCRAFT UNITS. I HAVE NO REASON TO DOUBT HIS WORDS. HE CLAIMED THAT AN EARLY-WARNING RADAR STATION WAS LOCATED IN CHERNOBYL AND WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO CIVILIANS IN FULL ORDER. I HAVE SEEN AN INVENTORY OF EVERYTHING, INCLUDING SOLDIERS' BOOTS AND SPOONS. IF WE COMPARE IT WITH THE INVENTORY OF THE SAME FACILITY COMPILED IN THE FALL OF 1993, IT BECOMES CLEAR THAT THE STATION HAS BEEN LOOTED. SOME 5.8 KG OF GOLD, PLATINUM, AND OTHER PRECIOUS METALS WERE IN THE STATION'S TWO COMPUTERS. PERHAPS, WHILE SEARCHING- FOR. GOLD, LOOTERS STRIPPED 1,100 BOXES OF UNIQUE EQUIPMENT. IT HAS TURNED OUT THAT SOME COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES USED TO. OPERATE AT "CHERNOBYL-2." TO CONCEAL THEIR THIEVERY, ATTEMPTS ARE NOW BEING MADE TO TRANSFER THIS FACILITY UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE "SHELTER" SCIENTIFIC- TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER. WHAT VIKTOR SEDLETSKYY CLAIMS SOUNDS QUITE FANTASTIC. HOWEVER, WHAT IS GOING ON AT "CHERNOBYL-2" IS UNDOUBTEDLY A CRIME. WHO WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE? ((SMAHA)) TIME WILL TELL. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR OPINION, ABOUT ANOTHER VECHIRNIY KYYIV ARTICLE, THE ONE BY PHYSICIST OLEKSANDR KOVALEVSKYY. HE CLAIMS THAT THE ACCUMULATION OF CRITICAL MASS IN THE RESIDUAL FUEL OF CHERNOBYL'S FOURTH UNIT IS CONTINUING, AND THAT IT WILL SOON EXPLODE, HE EVEN CITES THE EXACT DATE OF THE EXPLOSION, WHICH WILL PUT AN END TO HUMAN CIVILIZATION. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT? ((USATENKO)) 'I ONLY BELIEVE IN THINGS I KNOW. AS FOR KOVALEVSKYY'S CLAIMS, I CAN ONLY SAY THAT HIS THEORY SHOULD BE RESEARCHED AND ASSESSED BY RESPONSIBLE AND QUALIFIED EXPERTS. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS'TO SIMPLY DISREGARD SUCH THINGS. A LOT OF THINGS ARE GOING ON IN CHERNOBYL THAT ARE BEYOND RATIONAL EXPLANATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE. TAKE FOR INSTANCE THE-WELL-KNOWN PHENOMENON CALLED ST. ELMO'S FIRE, OBSERVED ON THE EVE OF VOLCANO ERUPTIONS AND EARTHQUAKES. THERE IS A LARGE GROUP OF SCIENTISTS WHO CLAIM THAT THE SHINING OVER THE UNIT DURING THE ACCIDENT RESEMBLED ST. ELMO'S FIRES. DOES THIS MEAN THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH SOME UNKNOWN STATE OF MATTER? THERE IS CERTAIN "BLACK MAGIC" IN ALL THE FIRES AT THE CHERNOBYL POWER PLANT (THERE WERE MORE THAN 30 OF THEM BETWEEN 1986 AND 1991). *DURING THE FIRE OF 1991, "FLYING SAUCERS" WERE ALLEGEDLY OBSERVED. OVER THE STATION. FRANKLY SPEAKING, I DO NOT BELIEVE IN ALL THAT GIBBERISH. I THINK THAT THE MOST SHOCKING FACTS ARE CITED IN THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION'S 'COMMUNIQUE REGARDING THE CAUSE OF THE i991 FIRE: "THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY AN INADEQUATE ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION BY THE STATION'S STAFF." THAT HAPPENED JUST FIVE YEARS AFTER THE 1986 ACCIDENT! IN 1993, ANOTHER'FIRE BROKE OUT, WHICH ALMOST PUT THE WORLD ON THE VERGE OF A NEW CATASTROPHE. THE-CAUSES BEHIND THIS FIRE ARE EQUALLY STRANGE -- A RELAY SWITCH AND POWER CABLE SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE. REGULATIONS AT ANY STATION, NOT ONLY A NUCLEAR ONE, ENVISION REGULAR INSPECTION OF CABLES. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE'THAT THE STATION'S STAFF DID NOT DO THAT. THIS HAS A FLAVOR OF MYSTICISM. (MORE) 30 SEP 520310.027 07/1244Z OCT 731 WC BT #0165