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Mrs Anne Burford's resignation from the Environmental Protection Agency last week, sad but not tragic, is a reminder that the Reagan Administration is bereft of what might be called a policy.
A British report has given a fascinating account of a nuclear accident a quarter of a century ago—and in the process pointed to some of the steps that should be taken when and if such events recur.