Did it really happen? Was it really so bad? Is it true that they were so unprepared? These are the questions I have heard the past few months in connection with the stunning success of the miniseries Chernobyl. It brought to life the tragedy of people who lived through, were affected by and, yes, caused the world’s worst nuclear disaster.
Chornobyl
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Serhii Plokhy: Preventing another Chornobyl
Visitors walk in the ghost city of Prypyat during a tour in the Chornobyl exclusion zone on June 1, 2019.