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23 URRENT EVENTS The world’s worst nuclear accident occurred — Lawrence Taylor does his share to stop John = Dennis Conner navigated the Stars and Stripes to a at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Elway in the Giants 39 to 20 Super Bowl 4-0 victory over the Australian yacht Kookaburra IIl victory over the Broncos in the '87 America’s Cup finals.
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22 URRENT EVENTS Celebrations And ‘“Contra-Versy”’ In 1977 Jim Wilson Jr. had a dream and in February 1986 his fan- tasy became a reality. From a land- scape of rocky, unyielding moun- tains rose the Riverchase Galleria, a magnificent retail-professional-hos- pitality complex that rivals any in the South. This 330 million dollar pro- ject is filled with 200 speciality shops and six department stores, including Alabama's first Macy’s. On either side is the 17-story Gal- leria Towers for business and the 330-room Wynfrey Hotel. The quar- ter-mile-long mall bustles with activ- ity both day and night under the world’s largest skylight. The world suffered its worst nu- clear accident in history on April 25, 1986. The meltdown at the Cherno- byl Nuclear Power Plant was quoted as being ‘‘beyond even the worst nightmares of nuclear scientists.” Sen. Patrick Loahy said, ‘‘This is by far the worst nuclear-reactor acci- dent known to mankind.’’ What was the cause of the catastrophy and why the Soviet cover-up? The gov- ernment held back vital information mainly because they feared political embarrassment. The cause for the accident is not as apparent. For un- known reasons — a broken pipe, valve failure, or human error — there was a sudden loss of water used to cool the uranium fuel rods. The rods reached a temperature of about 3,500 degrees farenheit. The zirconium alloy surrounding the ura- nium-oxide melts, igniting the urani- um fuel. Finally operators flooded the reactor with water — but too late — forming highly flammable steam containing hydrogen, meth- ane, and carbon monoxide. The gases built up and exploded. The rea ctor was destroyed exposing the nuclear inferno to the open air. The cloud that poured from the reactor spread over most of Europe. The full effects have not yet been felt. With the radiation released the devesta- tion caused is not over. Only time will tell what the disaster at Cherno- byl will bring. It has been called ‘‘Armsgate.”’ It probably does not deserve such a comparison to the Watergate scan- dal, but it did bring political embar- assment to the Reagan administra- tion. What is “‘it’? It was the discovery of exchanges of arms to Iran for U.S. hostages and money. The money was then secretly given to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Perhaps the future will bring out the truth as to what exactly happened, and who was involved. “Fantasy becomes reality. ’ This is the theme of the new Riverchase Galleria which opened in February 1986 Lt. Colonel Oliver North is advised by his lawyer to take the fifth amendment when questioned about the Iran scam.
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