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...Russian republics were virtually unanimous in demanding the removal of Soviet nukes. One parliament after another passed resolutions proclaiming nuclear-free zones. Popular support for such measures was strongest in Ukraine and Belorussia, which are permanently scarred by the Chernobyl disaster, and Kazakhstan, where radioactive "venting" from underground testing at Semipalatinsk has caused generations of children to be born deformed and diseased...
...routes that are constantly changed and always kept secret. The most sensitive part of disassembly comes not in handling the uranium and highly toxic plutonium, which are shielded in metal, but in dealing with the conventional explosives needed to trigger a nuclear chain reaction. Disassembly therefore takes place in underground bunkers known as "Gravel Gerties," whose roofs are mounded with gravel to contain any accidental blasts...
Catch a Rising Star-comedy club at 30 B. JFK St. Call 661-0167. Headline comedy every Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday at 8:30 p.m. for $8. Monday: Cross Comedy. Tuesday: The Acoustic Underground. Wednesday: Streetstage Acoustic Music Series...
Edible Rex-at 251 Old Concord Rd. in Billerica. Call (508) 667-6393. Thursday: Acoustic Underground Competition featuring 10 of Boston's best acoustic acts. 18 and over. Friday: Bim Skala Bim. Saturday: Heavy Metal Horns...
College buildings are heated by a network of underground steam tunnels...