Legasov: Quote of the day by Valery Legasov: ‘Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid’ and how continuous deception led to the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and eventually contributed to the fall of the USSR
Valery Legasov was the Soviet scientist who exposed the failures behind the Chernobyl disaster and became a symbol of truth, accountability, and scientific integrity A technician inside a nuclear control room looks at a radiation meter that reads exactly 3.6 Roentgen (Unit of measurement for gamma-ray exposure) per hour. Moments after the catastrophic explosion tore…
