THE SOVIET NUCLEAR POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS A FACTOR OF THE ACCIDENT AT THE CHERNOBYL NPP
Based on a wide range of sources, the article examines the functioning of the nuclear energy management system in the USSR as a factor that largely determined the man-made disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986. It is stated that this management system, based on the party-state principles of economic management and scientific and technical progress was characterized by low efficiency, imperfection, lack of due attention to the analysis of nuclear incidents and the timely preparation of recommendations for their prevention.