Dear Mr Vērzemnieks, distinguished guests, and above all, participants in the clean-up of the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear accident! In two days, on 26 April, we will mark 40 years since the largest nuclear accident of its time in the world and in Europe – the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster. Regardless of how young or old people were at the time, those who lived through it remember that it was a time of uncertainty, half-truths, and at times outright lies, as the Soviet system…
Dear Mr Vērzemnieks, distinguished guests, and above all, participants in the clean-up of the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear accident! In two days, on 26 April, we will mark 40 years since the largest nuclear accident of its time in the world and in Europe – the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster. Regardless of how young or old people were at the time, those who lived through it remember that it was a time of uncertainty, half-truths, and at times outright lies, as the Soviet system was, in many ways, unprepared for such a tragedy. Only a few days later did the first sparse official statements appear, at a point when there were already clear indications that something terrible had occurred. What happened then is still felt today…
