Chernobyl update...

Chernobyl updates...Reading the last few issues of the Reader's digest, I came upon an article on Chernobyl. Accordingly I have to add a few points to my previous post. Chernobyl happened due to following reasons :
1. The reactor was initially meant for military purpose, but was put into commercial power production by the higher "powers"
2. It was started even before its commissioning period was over.
3. No safety checks were made, nor were any doctors trained in radioactivity on site.
4. The whole building was constructed hap-hazardly and in a frenzy.
A school of thought believe the number of deaths was less than 50. Another school believes that the effects of radiations are only now surfacing in children. Either way it is hard to predict how many deaths are direct results of radiations.

My point still remains validated. USSR in those days, and even today to some extent, was a country of immense knowledge-pool. The number of Ph.D. holders per capita was, and probably is, higher in Russia then elsewhere. We all have referred Russian books on engineering and know how thorough and proficient they are in every field. And it is also a common knowledge that communists usually take the best of the brains in their military. If such a strong nation in terms of science, can make such a grave mistake of mis-treating science for the cause of politics, isnt there a chance of atleast one of the many nations proclaiming nuclear power, lose its sense and cause destruction? The fat and slim boys wrecked havoc in 2 cities, but today the nuclear weapons are capable of destroying huge chunks of a nation before you can say "I love Amrita Rao". Accordingly, is it still acceptable to deal with nuclear threats every other day? And as I had mentioned earlier in my other post, its not just the chernobyls. Take Bhopal Gas tragedy, kargil wars, vietnam, Twin towers, Pentagon, etc. How many setbacks are we to suffer, before we can pull ourselves out of this political drama and tread on a path of cautious scientific advancement, with priority given to life as a whole, of all living beings? Time to respect science once again?

Cheers!!!