SOME RADIOACTIVITY REPORTED TO BE STILL LEAKING FROM PLANT SITE EVACUATED OUT TO 18 MILES (150,000 180,000?) LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTERED WITHIN 12 MILE RADIUS CONTROL ROOMS OF INTACT 3 UNITS ARE REPORTED TO BE MANNED 4.B. EVENT SCENARIO (PRELIMINARY) AS REPORTED BY SOVIET GOVERNMENT INITIAL CHEMICAL EXPLOSION OCCURRED AS PLANT WAS GOING INTO PLANNED SHUTDOWN TIME OF EXPLOSION WAS 1:23, APRIL 26, 1986 BASED ON RADIONUCLIDE MEASUREMENTS, STAFF HAS CALCULATED TIME OF PLANT SHUTDOWN AT ABOUT MIDNIGHT, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH SOVIET REPORTS WE DO NOT YET HAVE ANY AUTHORITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE 64-415 - 86 - 24 |