“At 1:23 a.m. on Saturday, April 26, 1986, a bit more than 90 miles from Kyiv (and near the city’s main water reservoir), an explosion blew the roof off Chornobyl’s fourth reactor building and, among other tragic consequences, huge quantities of radioactive particles began spewing into the air. Other than an immediate scramble by Chornobyl workers to … Continue reading In his first TV address on Chornobyl on May 14, 1986, Gorbachev officially denied seriousness of the accident. He bluntly described international reports as ‘malicious lies’ and ‘highly immoral campaign’