Tuesday, April 26 , 2016 - 23:10 (EET) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
Kiev, Ukraine — As Ukraine and Belarus on Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident with solemn words and an angry protest, some of the men who were sent to the site in the first chaotic and frightening days were gripped by painful memories.
The disaster shone a spotlight on lax safety standards and government secrecy in the former Soviet Union.
The explosion on April 26, 1986, was not reported by Soviet authorities for two days, and then only after winds had carried the fallout across Europe and Swedish experts had gone public with their concerns.
About 600,000 people, often
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Tuesday, April 26 , 2016 - 23:10 (EET) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
Kiev, Ukraine — As Ukraine and Belarus on Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident with solemn words and an angry protest, some of the men who were sent to the site in the first chaotic and frightening days were gripped by painful memories.
The disaster shone a spotlight on lax safety standards and government secrecy in the former Soviet Union.
The explosion on April 26, 1986, was not reported by Soviet authorities for two days, and then only after winds had carried the fallout across Europe and Swedish experts had gone public with their concerns.
About 600,000 people, often
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
