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I watched the HBO Chernobyl mini-series which tells a similar story about the clamping down of information. The "party" was most concerned about protecting itse
by jrs235 7y ago
I watched the HBO Chernobyl mini-series which tells a similar story about the clamping down of information. The "party" was most concerned about protecting itself and saving face rather than letting on to the seriousness of the issue and taking actions to protect the people. They only started admitting a problem after other countries picked up elevated radiation levels and were able to determine the isotopes involved would most likely come from a meltdown.
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoIf they'd told us, I wonder if they'd have been believed? Would any country have taken action prior to the confirmations that we already got. (FWIW I'm old enough to remember the incident.)
- dboreham 7y agoFor reference: the western governments didn't tell us the truth about Chernobyl either.
- Ididntdothis 7y agoIn what way?
- dboreham 7y agoThey said that it was "just steam explosion" and "not nuclear explosion in any way", even though they must (through sigint, atmospheric sampling, and remote sensing) have known otherwise at the time.