40 years since Chernobyl catastrophe: Soviet Union’s ‘top-down tradition’ partly in charge

Ukraine marked the fortieth anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe on Sunday. FRANCE 24 spoke with Michael Bluck, Director of the Centre for Nuclear Engineering at Imperial Faculty London, to look again on the tragic occasion that marked historical past. Pointing to numerous components that prompted the explosion at Chernobyl, Bluck mentioned that the Soviet Union’s culting of top-down rule was additionally at blame.