P734 CEEFAX 734 Thu 28 Oct 21:02/52 1/4 Paul Anderson on the Ukraine's decision to keep Chernobyl open: Pressure on the parliament to keep Chernobyl open and expand the country's nuclear power programmj has been mounting steadily. This peaked when the go6jrnmjnt recommended its continued use, saying the country could not survive the winter without it. The head of the state committee on the use of automic energy later said that Chernobyl had undjrkonj many safety improvements in the seven years since the explosion. Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP734 CEEFAX 734 Thu 28 Oct 21:02/42 2/4 Paul Anderson on the Ukraine's decision to keep Chernobyl open: One government minister said the Chernobyl explosion would njvjr bj repeated, but added that no nuclear reactor could kvjr bj 100% safe. Environmentalists however do not shake his confidence. Greenpeace Ukraine has pointed to international recognition that no amount of improvements could guarantee the safety of the RPM k- type reaction in use at Chernobyl. Read Hear 710 Community 730 Religion 740 User Guide 198 Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP734 CEEFAX 734 Thu 28 Oct 21:11/21 3/4 Paul Anderson on the Ukraine's decision to keep Chernobyl open: Deputies opposed to the plant's use furiously denounced the decision. One, the head of the parliamentary commission on Chernobyl, said it was taken without discussion and without the consultation of experts He said it would lead to a spiral of nuclear power production in Ukraine. Read Hear 710 Community 730 Religion 740 User Guide 198 Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP734 CEEFAX 734 Thu 28 Oct 21:11/47 4/4 Paul Anderson on the Ukraine's decision to keep Chernobyl open: $hj decision clears the way for the completion of three other reactors of a different type to those in use at Chernobyl in the coming years. The first is expected to come on stream in six months. Where this places Ukraine in the eyes of the rest of the world remains to bj seen, but one deputy said Ukraine would lose the trust of other countries. Read Hear 710 Community 730 Religion 740 User Guide 198 Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo Religion