Chernobyl Wasn't a Nuclear Disaster—It Was a Communist Disaster
Forty years after the Chernobyl meltdown, too many people are still drawing the wrong conclusions.
(Photo: Chernobyl exclusion zone, March 16, 2026; Danylo Dubchak/Frontliner/Getty)
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This article originally appeared in print under the headline "Chernobyl Was a Communist Disaster, Not a Nuclear One."
