Richard R Lee#NuclearMadness will never end in spite of reality. Witness it today with the #SMR - #HALEU frenzy going on. #NuclearGrifters - #NuclearBros. #GriftersGonnaGrift. https://thebulletin.org/2026/04/from-soviet-to-japanese-nuclear-disasters-the-pitfalls-of-cultural-exceptionalism/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=40%20years%20after%20Chernobyl&utm_campaign=20260423%20Thursday%20Newsletter%20%28Copy%29
From “Soviet” to “Japanese” nuclear disasters: the pitfalls of cultural exceptionalism
The disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima are commonly touted as mere cultural exceptions, either due to Soviet communism or to Japanese “groupism.” Doing so is not only inaccurate or borderline racist: It normalizes nuclear catastrophes, preventing them from being recognized as global threats that can happen anywhere in the world.