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I must tell you,this is why no one likes scientists. When we have a diseaseto cure, where are they? In a lab, noses in their books,and so Grandma dies. But when there isn't a problem, they're everywhere,spreading fear. - I know about Chernobyl.- Oh? I know that the core is eitherpartially or completely exposed. - Whatever that means.- And that if you don't immediately issue iodine tabletsand then evacuate this city, hundreds of thousands of peopleare going to get cancer, and God knowshow many more will die. Yes, very good. There has beenan accident at Chernobyl, but I've been assuredthere is no problem. I'm telling you that there is. I prefer my opinion to yours. I'm a nuclear physicist. Before you wereDeputy Secretary, you worked in a shoe factory. Yes, I worked in a shoe factory. And now I'm in charge. "To the workers of the world."
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I must tell you this is why no one likes scientists
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When we have a disease to cure where are they
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In a lab noses in their books and so Grandma dies
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But when there isn't a problem
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they're everywhere spreading fear
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I know about Chernobyl Oh
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I know that the core is either partially or completely exposed
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Whatever that means And that if you don't immediately
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issue iodine tablets and then evacuate this city
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hundreds of thousands of people are going to get cancer
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and God knows how many more will die
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Yes very good
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There has been an accident at Chernobyl
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but I've been assured there is no problem
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I'm telling you that there is
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I prefer my opinion to yours
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I'm a nuclear physicist
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Before you were Deputy Secretary
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you worked in a shoe factory
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Yes I worked in a shoe factory
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And now I'm in charge
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To the workers of the world
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Movie Summary
In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.
