The video gives the Soviets a complete pass on what they did, saying they didn't know the effects of radiation. They damned well did know; they just didn't care.
It is entirely implausible that they were reckless and careless with the nuclear waste out of ignorance - long before the people would become sick, the scientists - if they were initially ignorant - would be the first to suffer, and in catastrophic ways, just as our scientists did.
We learned pretty quickly just how hazardous nuclear materials were; some of the original researchers paid with their lives in a quick and gruesome manner to teach the others.
It's not like the Soviets weren't doing their own research, including the basics of nuclear materials, and were completely lost when their spies filled in some of the missing pieces. Hell, they scooped up German scientists at the end of WWII just like we did.
It is notable that they knew they had to cool the storage tanks underground. That they didn't maintain it isn't a matter of ignorance, it's of not caring enough to maintain it.
And it's not a lesson they learned very well. Chernobyl was completely man-made and avoidable, for instance. There were a lot of willful actions that lead to that meltdown.
Last edited by Dart; 09/04/18 03:04 AM.
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