>http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0616-04.htm
QUOTE: Sergey Kiriyenko, the head of Rosenergoatom, said: "There will be no floating Chernobyl," referring to the 1986 nuclear disaster. Sergey Obozov, a senior official at the agency, said they would be "reliable as a Kalashnikov assault rifle, which are a benchmark of safety." An assault rifle is the benchmark of Russian safety? Oddly enough, this seems in character. Russia is a remarkable civilization, but as my friend Margaret says, they should stick to poetry, literature and science. (She is not Russian but she might as well be after a lifetime of studying Russian language and literature.) - Jed
