Please note this does not mean the USSR wasn’t that way. Just want to clarify I’m not a tankie, lol.
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If Chernobyl had almost exploded and melted down, I wouldn't blame the USSR for trying to hide it.
Yes. And when it did explode, they should have prioritized saving lives rather than preserving national reputation.
Disasters happen. How they are handled is what matters, and on that front, there was a difference between the two sides of the Cold War.
There was a difference but not in the direction you’re thinking. After the US tested a nuclear bomb in the marshal islands that led to an unexpected large fallout not only did they cover it up, they launched a secretive study to see how the fallout would affect the local inhabitants of affected islands. It’s genuinely hard to top that level of fucked up.