Chernobyl's Role in the Fall of the Soviet Union
The
Soviet Union was destroyed by a nuclear explosion, an idea that is
supported by non-other than Mikhail Gorbachev himself, the architect of
its dismantling.On the 26th of April 1986, poorly trained technicians
decided to undertake a systems test of reactor 4 at the Chernobyl
nuclear power plant. A surplus of energy surged into the reactor which
exploded, instantly killing workers in the immediate vicinity and
exposing others at the plant to deadly levels of radiation.As residents
in the nearby town of Prypiat woke up that morning they suffered…Read more...http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Chernobyls-Role-in-the-Fall-of-the-Soviet-Union.html
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