The Soviet Union's Secret Nuclear Disaster
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This is the story of many, many secrets, and the damage that secrets can do. After World War II ended, the Soviet Union wanted the Bomb, and they wanted it fast. They built so-called “secret cities” across the region - hidden from view and omitted from maps - to jumpstart the Soviet nuclear industry. One of these cities was Chelyabinsk-40, home to the Mayak plutonium production facility. The very first Soviet nuke was developed here in the late ‘40s. And for the residents of the city, secrecy was a way of life. Here’s Nadezhda Kutepova, a Russian woman who grew up in Chelyabinsk-40: Of course I saw in my childhood that we are unusual because there were checking systems and there were soldiers around our city. My parents told me that our city is secr...
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This is the story of many, many secrets, and the damage that secrets can do. After World War II ended, the Soviet Union wanted the Bomb, and they wanted it fast. They built so-called “secret cities” across the region - hidden from view and omitted from maps - to jumpstart the Soviet nuclear industry. One of these cities was Chelyabinsk-40, home to the Mayak plutonium production facility. The very first Soviet nuke was developed here in the late ‘40s. And for the residents of the city, secrecy was a way of life. Here’s Nadezhda Kutepova, a Russian woman who grew up in Chelyabinsk-40: Of course I saw in my childhood that we are unusual because there were checking systems and there were soldiers around our city. My parents told me that our city is secr...
