Glad to see that The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Russia has things under such excellent control. Perhaps this is the result of the capitalism they have so wisely embraced over the last twenty years or so.

Who could imagine that either the Soviets or, especially, their wiser recent democratic successor could be so arrogant and reckless as to allow their research facilities to pose unanticipated, serious threats to themselves and the world any more than would those in the United States of America? The environmental measures at Sarov must at least be comparable to those at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."