Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190127:07:28:00
>> chernobyl was not a flash in the pan. every few weeks there would be something like chernobyl because of structural defects of the soviet system. >> officials say that because this took place at the soviets' newest reactor, it's another indication of the inferiority of soviet technology, and they say that they brought on the accident not taking the same safety precautions taken in the united states. >> chernobyl reminded the soviets that they couldn't play in the game of modern technology. they couldn't protect their own people and they couldn't hide it anymore. >> gorbachev's biggest chall...
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