The World - News from April 19, 1987
The International Atomic Energy Agency has received more than 250 “hushed-up reports” of nuclear power plant accidents, including several in the United States, the West German magazine Der Spiegel reported. However, details on at least four of the U.S. accidents are public, and a spokesman for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said no nuclear mishaps have been kept secret. The magazine said nearly all 26 nations with nuclear power plants have reported mishaps to the Vienna-based agency of the United Nations.
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