puzzling reports of high radiation came in from all over scandinavia, but still no accidents were reported. finally, a surprise. the radiation was coming from 750 miles away at chernobyl in the soviet union. a terse announcement picked up from radio moscow. the soviet government reports an accident at the chernobyl nuclear power plant in the ukraine. the instinctive reaction of the soviet bureaucracy was to deny that anything had really happened. as a result of which, people died. not only were ordinary soviets not getting the truth about chernobyl, the top leaders were not getting the truth. gorbachev discovered that he was also in the dark as the soviet leader. soviet newscasters deliberately played down the incident, reporting it after the latest five-year plan and crop reports. eight or nine minutes into the news, an announcer said that only two people had been killed in the incident, contradicting one news report that casualties numbered in the thousands.
reported. finally, a surprise. the radiation was coming from 750 miles away at chernobyl in the soviet union. a terse announcement picked up from radio moscow. the soviet government reports an accident at the chernobyl nuclear power plant in the ukraine. the instinctive reaction of the soviet bureaucracy was to deny that anything had really happened. as a result of which, people died. not only were ordinary soviets not getting the truth about chernobyl, the top leaders were not getting the truth. gorbachev discovered that he was also in the dark as the soviet leader. soviet news casters deliberately played down the incident, reporting it after the latest five-year plan and crop report. eight or nine minutes into the news, an announcer said that only two people had been killed in the incident, contradicting one news report that the casualties numbered in the thousands.
puzzling reports of high radiation came in from all over scandinavia. but still no accidents were reported. finally, a surprise. the radiation was coming from 750 miles away at chernobyl in the soviet union, a terse announcement picked up from radio moscow. they report an accident at the chernobyl nuclear power plant in the ukraine. the instinctive reaction of the soviet bureaucracy was to deny that anything had really happened, as a result of which people died. not only were ordinary soviets not getting the truth about chernobyl, the top leaders were not getting the truth. gorbachev discovered that he was also in the dark as the soviet leader. soviet news casters deliberately played down the incident, reporting it after the latest five-year plan and crop reports. eight or nine minutes into the news, an announcer said that only two people had been killed in the incident, contradicting
scandinavia but still no accidents were reported. finally, a surprise. the radiation was coming from 750 miles away at chernobyl in the soviet union. a terse announcement picked up from radio moscow. they report an accident at the chernobyl nuclear power plant in the ukraine. the instinctive reaction of the soviet bureaucracy was to deny that anything had really happened. as a result of which, people died not only were ordinary soviets not getting the truth about chernobyl, the top leaders were not getting the truth. gorbachev discovered that he was also in the dark as the soviet leader. soviet news casters deliberately played down the incident, reporting it after the latest five-year plan and crop report. eight or nine minutes into the news, an announcer finally said only two people had been killed in the incident, contradicting one news report that casualties numbered in the thousands. chernobyl wasn t a flash in the pan.
still no accidents were reported. finally, a surprise. the radiation was coming from 750 miles away at chernobyl in the soviet union. a terse announcement picked up from radio moscow. they report an accident at the chernobyl nuclear power plant in the ukraine. the instinctive reaction of the soviet bureaucracy was to deny that anything had really happened. as a result of which, people died not only were ordinary soviets not getting the truth about chernobyl, the top leaders were not getting the truth. gorbachev discovered that he was also in the dark as the soviet leader. soviet news casters deliberately played down the incident, reporting it after the latest five-year plan and crop report. eight or nine minutes into the news, an announcer said that only two people had been killed in the incident, contradicting one news report that casualties numbered in the thousands.