“An explosion occurred in the upper part of the reactor chamber,” the cable read. “The roof and parts of the wall panels of the reactor compartment, several roof panels of the machine room . . . were demolished during the explosion and the roofing caught on fire. The fire was extinguished at 0330.” To a government that had developed a strong stomach for industrial accidents, this was familiar territory. Some sort of explosion, yes; a fire, which had already been put out. A serious incident, certainly, but nothing that couldn’t be contained. The main thing was that the reactor itself remained
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