Some reports from the test.
BBC: Eyewitness: Nuclear accident test
two minutes past six on Wednesday morning, the mayor of Cernavoda, Hansa Gheorghe, received the phone call he had always dreaded the most.
A nuclear accident had taken place at the Cernavoda nuclear power station, only 3km from the centre of his town of 20,000 inhabitants by the river
Danube in eastern Romania.
On the streets of Cernovada, police cars broadcast loudspeaker messages telling people to stay in their homes, close their windows and tune into radio
and television to await further instructions. They were also told not to drink water or allow their animals to drink it from open sources.
It's now 13 hours after the accident.
[...]
"It looks like Moldova and Ukraine will be affected by the radioactive release. Moldova may be affected already and it may reach Ukraine in three
hours."
As the exercise continues, a diplomatic problem arises.
Moldova's breakaway region of Trans-Dniestr has requested advice and assistance, but
Moldova has not. How is the agency to respond?
Consultations continue. There is talk of bringing in the European security body, the OSCE.
In a nuclear emergency, no-one wants panic to break out.
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[edit on 2006/4/23 by Hellmutt]
