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5 lessons from HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’

By Tom Rogan
Published May 30, 2019 6:04pm ET
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5 lessons from HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’
Under advisement from the Washington Examiner‘s Graeme Jennings and Fox News’ Ashley Moir, I spent Wednesday evening binge watching HBO’s new miniseries “Chernobyl.” For me, this recounting of the events of 1986, when a nuclear reactor breached at a power plant in present-day Ukraine, the series has provoked five takeaways. 1.) We’re lucky America won […]

Under advisement from the Washington Examiner‘s Graeme Jennings and Fox News’ Ashley Moir, I spent Wednesday evening binge watching HBO’s new miniseries “Chernobyl.” For me, this recounting of the events of 1986, when a nuclear reactor breached at a power plant in present-day Ukraine, the series has provoked five takeaways.

1.) We’re lucky America won the Cold War

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