The Meaning of Chernobyl
Unlike Japan’s Fukushima nuclear crisis, the main lesson of the Chernobyl disaster 25 years ago does not concern nuclear-plant safety. Rather, it concerns the nature and consequences of official indifference and arrogance to the suffering of citizens.
KYIV – It began as a grey and muddy spring day, like so many others in my homeland. It ended in dread and mourning.