NEWS SUMMARY: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1986 – The New York Times

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Nuclear Disaster
The Kremlin made urgent appeals to West Germany and Sweden for aid in handling a fire in a nuclear reactor core. Officials in Bonn and Stockholm reported the appeals amid signs that a reactor accident near Kiev that the Soviet Union acknowledged Monday was a major disaster, perhaps the worst in nuclear power history. [ Page A1, Columns 1-6. ]
The nuclear disaster near Kiev started as long as four or five days ago and is continuing to spread radioactive material into the atmosphere, according to United States intelligence experts. Most of them agreed that the graphite core of the Soviet reactor had caught fire and was burning fiercely. Details of the accident remained scarce, making it difficult for experts to ponder the dangers that the disaster poses. [ A1:3. ]
Deaths and injuries from the Soviet reactor disaster may increase for several weeks in the immediate vicinity of the disaster if severe radiation has been released, according to American experts. They said there appeared to be no danger to the Western Hemisphere. [ A1:6. ]
Swedish scientists voiced certainty that the radioactive core of the Soviet power-generating reactor in the Ukraine had melted after a weekend accident, making it the worst nuclear accident in history. Scientists in Stockholm said their conclusion was based partly on discussions with Soviet experts. [ A10:5-6. ]
Washington offered humanitarian and technical aid to the Kremlin to help it deal with the nuclear disaster. The offer followed a White House decision to set up an inter-agency group headed by the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate responses to the calamity. [ A10:1-2. ] International
President Reagan's arrival in Bali, Indonesia, was marred by an Indonesian Government move to deny entry to two Australian journalists in the party accompanying Mr. Reagan, according to White House officials. Other Reagan aides said the action ran counter to the ''winds of freedom'' theme the President had adopted for the trip. [ A1:2. ]
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