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Originally Posted by red-beard

In my opinion, it was not the Soviet Union's worst disaster. They dumped radioactive waste into rivers for years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyshtym_disaster

They had a lake where they dumped radioactive waste. It dried up and spread waste everywhere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Karachay

Chernobyl was a terrible accident. These others were done on purpose.

An accident in the same way having a blood alcohol level of .32 and hoping on a dirt bike riding through the woods at 90mph, at night with no lights and then hitting a tree is an accident.