Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180707:07:28:00
One news report that casualties numbered in the thousands. >> chernobyl was not a flash in the pan. every few weeks there would be something like chernobyl because of the structural defects of the soviet system. >> officials say because it took place at the newest reactor, it is another indication of the inferiority of soviet technology and they say the soviets brought on the accident by not taking the same kind of 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, an...