Who is the man on the time stamp on 9:20? Judge Raimond Brize declared in the courtroom, There was an atmosphere of lack of control and lack of responsibility at the plant. The plant officials were also heavily criticized for not evacuating the town of Pripyat sooner. According to Sources: Akimov suffered severe Leg Burns and the high amount of radiation caused it face to slowly dissolve away. Russians and Ukrainians have watched it via the internet, and it has had a favourable rating on Russian film site Kinopoisk. I also heard that his otopsy file is closed to the public and is only accessible with specific permission. Originally, robots from West Germany, Japan, and Russia were used to help clean the debris, but they could not operate due to the high levels of radiation. Is there any other reports regarding Akimov? In 2008, Akimov was posthumously awarded with what they called the 3rd degree Order for Courage. But Mr Breus believes most Pripyat residents would have slept through the explosion, and he only learned of the accident when he arrived at work the following morning. He's growing weaker, wheezes, can hardly talk anymore. The autopsy qualifies as medical records so of course they are all closed to the public. Nearly 8.4 million residents of Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia were exposed to the radioactive cloud that was released. Later this perception changed.". .] "I was surprised they even brought us there," Mr Breus says of arriving at work the morning after the explosion. Panting. 0000005085 00000 n [4] His parents once asked about the cause but he only could say they had followed regulations. Some Chernobyl leaders built their defense on their bones. PEREVOZCHENKO It exploded. One of the most dramatic scenes in the miniseries shows three power plant workers volunteering to go into an underground tunnel beneath the damaged reactor to open a vital drainage valve. 04:30 - Chief engineer Fomin arrived in the Block 4 control room. Pretty sure its true, the story of his face being gone came from just before he died while they were questioning him. Likewise Toptunov was Lyonya. It would have eventually boiled . Mazin also says he visited Chernobyl as a tourist, to prepare for the miniseries. In the series, Pripyat residents rush to a railway bridge for a better view of the fire, unaware of the exposure. Within two weeks, both Mr Akimov and Mr Toptunov had died in a Moscow hospital of acute radiation syndrome (ARS). In ablaze, he does indeed talk to Akimov and how much he wanted to live.. but Read wasn't talking about Akimov when he said about skin falling off his legs. He died of radiation sickness two weeks after the accident at the age of 33. The miniseries has shed the suspense of its first two installments, when the story unfolded like a disaster movie, and it now wants to know the reason for this tragedy. This later became known as the "Bridge of Death" after reports that those who stood there allegedly died from radiation sickness. Withdrawing a dangerous number of control rods, the operators could only reach 200 MW due to xenon poisoning. Two weeks have passed since the explosion as Akimov's suffering is ends. Role of Akimov in Chernobyl As we know from the official data, Akimov is wrongfully accused of being responsible for the accident. In this article, we will tell you about the supervisor of the shift, Aleksandr Akimov, and his role in the accident. The work done would last until the morning hours of the 27th by trying to pump water into the exposed reactor core. Vasily Ivanovich Ignatenko was born on 13 March 1961, in the Brahin District of the Gomel Region of the Byelorussian SSR. He got a mild type of acute radiation syndrome, a doctor said. 4. The original footage was probably taken at reactor 4 control room during the time our guys were on crew, that's why many of them can be seen. 0000003954 00000 n 0000002865 00000 n The actor playing Alexander Akimov, for instance, was never even put in makeup to depict the loss of his face. Its unknown if this incident caused his sons illness, but screenwriters considered using memories of this personal tragedy as a way to explain Dyatlovs questionable decisions during the Chernobyl disaster. Alexander Akimov is the one who had control over reactor number 4 at the night of the explosion, but whether he is the one to be held responsible remains an open question. During the test, Akimov called for the AZ-5 (scram) button to be pressed to shut down the reactor, and Toptunov operated the button. "The miners are shown as tough guys who are not afraid of anything, but not the power plant workers.". Fresh perspectives. Always nice to see new programs about this :). Video, Russian minister laughed at for Ukraine war claims, Chernobyl mini-series review: 'It stops you sleeping', Chernobyl disaster: 'I didn't know the truth', Craig Mazin maintains that Dyatlov in particular was a "real bully", The people who moved to the Chernobyl exclusion zone, US-made cheese can be called 'gruyere' - court, AOC under investigation for Met Gala dress, Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore dies at 61, The children left behind in Cuba's exodus, Walkie Talkie architect Rafael Violy dies aged 78, Alex Murdaugh's legal troubles are far from over, Mother who killed her five children euthanised. 0000001387 00000 n "It was clear they felt sick. In July 1987, Chernobyls plant director Viktor P. Bryukhanov, chief engineer Nikolai M. Fomin, and deputy Anatoly S. Dyatlov were sentenced to two to ten years at a labor camp. 4. Chernobyl (TV Mini Series 2019) Sam Troughton as Alexandr Akimov. People that are usually blamed for the explosion are the plant employees who worked at the night of the explosion: Aleksandr Akimov, the supervisor of the shift; Leonid Toptunov, the senior reactor control chief engineer; and Anatoly Dyatlov, deputy chief engineer of the power plant. When confronted with confusing reactor indications, he initiated an emergency shutdown of Unit 4 of the large electricity . A subreddit to discuss the Chernobyl Disaster that happened on the night of April 26, 1986, and the Exclusion Zone that isolates the city of Pripyat from the rest of the world. It's not just a local interest, for a small group of people, but it is still worldwide. The explosion occurred. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Akimov received fatal, three-dimensional burns to his entire system. Someone posted here and I have seen another parts of this footage where Akimov uses something like a microphone [the white microphone like thing they use in the control room, forgive me but i have no clue what it's called]. 3, Firefighters pictured in 1986 before cleaning debris from the roof of the No. In the hours after the explosion, he spoke to Oleksandr Akimov, the shift leader at the No. Identical. That night was important because the system tests were taking place. "I saw other colleagues who worked that night. Everyone stay calm. On the night of April 26, 1986, Alexander Akimov was at work as the shift supervisor of the night crew of Chernobyl Plant Unit Four. He would try and stand up and walk around, but this resulted in the "skin on his legs falling off like socks". "It was just our work. 0000001545 00000 n The level of radiation in the Chernobyl zone is still the same today as it was in 1986.[9]. The shows creators havent managed to keep track of all the little things (even though their attention to detail is why many people fell in love with the miniseries in the first place): Valery Legasov, the character played by Jared Harris, drinks his vodka from a large glass in small sips, as if it were whiskey, and everyone in the cast keeps addressing each other as comrade in complete seriousness. 0000001084 00000 n Why Alex Murdaugh was spared the death penalty, Why Trudeau is facing calls for a public inquiry, The shocking legacy of the Dutch 'Hunger Winter', Why half of India's urban women stay at home. Tatarchuk said of the aftermath, It was criminal. The city held its annual May Day parades as the government assured citizens everything was normal. 4 reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. )EBiz0xCBM7.q \T:vWM3@M1my0R(;-owTH|B0 8o%;'A~,6rCBU+3gZ/7kzXjUD%o|M\? Now, volunteers, including veterinarians and radiation experts, have formed the nonprofit charity Dogs of Chernobyl. The scene where Dr. Khomyuk is jailed by the KGB was filmed in Vilnius at a real former KGB prison. "Radiation exposure, red skin, radiation burns and steam burns were what many people talked about but it was never shown like this. The HBO miniseries includes many of the real people operating the reactor at the time of the meltdown. That is how you advance your career and win awards. [4] By 28 April, the symptoms of radiation sickness had mostly subsided. Hours after the world's worst nuclear accident, engineer Oleksiy Breus entered the control room of the No. This later became known as the "Bridge of Death" after reports that those who stood there allegedly died from radiation sickness. Unfortunately, the first five years after the accident, the details were kept secret, but now the scientists and activists have the access to archives. Hes not a man anymore, but a reactor. In 1983, he graduated from the Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering, with a specialist degree in nuclear power plant engineering. It was just awful, and right in the middle of a city.. "A thin stream the firemen poured probably evaporated before it even reached reactor.". 2023 BBC. Arriving at work that morning, Mr Breus says he did not see any fire. The miners finished their work ahead of schedule, but by then the molten core had cooled itself. 0000018917 00000 n Because Id spent so much time living in that space, in multiple areas of those spaces for so long, and with the people in my mind for so long to walk where they walked felt so strange. Radioecologist Sergey Gaschak explained, Animals dont seem to sense radiation and will occupy an area regardless of the radiation condition.[10]. Its no better now than it was 28 years ago. We dont think of our own death. Nekhaev even had to have his leg amputated. "Its high rankings show that people are still interested in Chernobyl. Is there any truth or is it all here say? Aleksandr Fyodorovich Akimov (Russian: ; 6 May 1953 11 May 1986) was a Soviet engineer who was the supervisor of the shift that worked at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Unit 4 on the night of the Chernobyl disaster, 26 April 1986. AKIMOV . The communications networks were suddenly flooded with calls and information. Miners were brought in to dig a tunnel under the reactor to create a space for a heat exchanger, to stop the molten core melting through the concrete pad and contaminating the groundwater, threatening millions of lives. Is there any truth or is it all here say? Many can be found playing inside the abandoned cooling tower at the former power plant. [4] During the accident, he was exposed to a fatal radiation dose of 1300rem. Unfortunately, it takes these tragic events to impress this on us.[6]. BBC Ukrainian Hours after the world's worst nuclear accident, engineer Oleksiy Breus entered the control room of the No. This is not a polemic about nuclear power. There was no smoke or fire, just fumes coming from the damaged part. They knew where the valves were, so they were the right men for the task. g][^b'v@2RPROza"e =-2Ik053NC=~k{'H|(V>a!Y^5idI1OLgx]zdO f6D*@=7'9 He wanted to live. "I've never heard there was a crowd of people who went to watch the fire at night," he says. "There are many stereotypes shown, typical of Western portrayal of the Soviet Union," argues Oleksiy Breus. [] And you can start to feel how people would say, Okay, for sure, its not like the reactor blew up. "The miners are shown as tough guys who are not afraid of anything, but not the power plant workers.". "The Chernobyl catastrophe is depicted in a very powerful way, as a global catastrophe that absorbed huge numbers of people. Read about more radioactive calamities on 10 Modern Radiation Accidents Involving Civilians and 10 Famous Incidences of Death by Radiation. Two weeks have passed since the explosion as Akimov's suffering is ends. He was exposed to a lethal dose of radiation and died two weeks after the explosion. As the rods were being inserted, the graphite tips of the control rods accelerated the reaction, creating neutron flux in the bottom of the core. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. The actor playing Alexander Akimov, for instance, was never even put in makeup to depict the loss of his face. Hours after the explosion, helicopters were flown over Reactor No. [3][page needed] At some point he gave deathbed confessions stating repeatedly: I did everything correctly. Abagian recalled, Children were running in the streets; people were hanging laundered linen out to dry. [1], Leonid Toptunov was born on 16 August 1960 in Mykolaivka, Buryn Raion, Sumy Oblast. Not really regarding to Akimov specifically, but in my book Im reading the wife of the firefighter who stayed by his side all the way described lots of horrific side affects from the radiation, and he wasnt even in the same situation as Akimov. it's not bad, it was probably made in the past few months before February 24th. "As we moved through it, we were aware that there were the ghosts of history around us," Mazin said. Akimov heard reports of massive reactor damage, but did not believe it, and as a result relayed false information about the state of the reactor for hours after. It was a cruel time.[7]. Akimov was the one who declared an emergency after shutting down the reactor - but it was already too late. Leonid Fedorovych Toptunov ( Ukrainian: , Russian: ; 16 August 1960 - 14 May 1986) was a Soviet engineer who was the senior reactor control chief engineer at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Unit 4 on the night of the Chernobyl disaster . Mr Breus says the series creators showed the radiation effects on the human body well. Temperatures beneath the reactor were high and the series shows them stripping naked. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. In 2014, Michael Donnelly, chairman of Chernobyl Childrens Appeal, said, These children are forced to suffer through no fault of their own. 4 reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. More than 500,000 residents in Ukraine were ultimately forced to leave their homes. When the situation got out of control, the AZ-5 button was pressed. He had health problems afterwards.". 0000008353 00000 n You can see Gorbachenko who was a witness that night and helped in the search of Shashenok. Some of the events he witnessed that morning were realistically depicted in the show, he says, but others he describes as fiction. Ive never heard anything about his face, only his skin blackening and shriveling. And Oleksiy Breus sees their portrayal as "not a fiction, but a blatant lie". During his first years at Chernobyl, he held positions of senior turbine management engineer and shift supervisor of the turbine hall. Once more his temperature increases and then he falls into coma. Warning: This story contains plot details from the miniseries. Vasily Ignatenko, depicted in the series, was among the first firefighters sent to tackle the blaze. "I saw the damage at reactor No. The dogs have been driven out of the woods by the wild wolves that habitat the area. Biography [ edit] This may be, in part, why the hype around the HBO and Sky series about the disaster has been so substantial. "A thin stream the firemen poured probably evaporated before it even reached reactor.". A few hours later Akimov is dead. Yes, it's Kovalenko, standing next to Akimov. Cheish Merryweather is a true crime fan and an oddities fanatic. . Police roamed the streets wearing gas masks, but the residents were kept in the dark and only heard rumors. Chernobyl engineer Oleksiy Breus, then and now, beside the backdrop of the TV portrayal of the disaster, By Viacheslav Shramovych and Hanna Chornous, Mr Breus revisited the reactor's control room 20 years after the disaster struck, Viktor Bryukhanov (left) sits alongside deputy chief engineer Anatoly Dyatlov (orange shirt) and chief engineer Nikolai Fomin during a trial over the accident, British actor Adam Nagaitis played Vasily Ignatenko, one of the first firefighters on the scene of the disaster, The view of the damaged building from the roof of reactor No. Once she sees how Akimov is tearing entire strains of his moustache out "Don't worry", he says, "it doesn't hurt. Within two weeks, both Mr Akimov and Mr Toptunov had died in a Moscow hospital of acute radiation syndrome (ARS). Open Wide, O Earth is remarkable for many other details it captures about Soviet life, as well. Does anybody know what the sources the author of this article could have used? At first, the head of the tests, Dyatlov A. S., forced them, with his orders, to move away For example, Mazin says the showrunners deliberately outfitted the divers at the beginning of the episode with authentic Dynamo wind-up flashlights, using the wonderful noise they emit to create the scenes atmosphere. The body of one of them, Valery Khodemchuk, was never recovered from the reactor debris. Alexander Akimov worked with other employers in the reactor after the explosion. Answer (1 of 4): There would have been a hydrogen explosion instead of a steam explosion. "There are many stereotypes shown, typical of Western portrayal of the Soviet Union," argues Oleksiy Breus. Later in May, the Russian first deputy health minister also issued a warning that vodka and red wine were not a cure for radiation exposuredespite popular belief. The turbine was shut down. The nurses let me in. Two more workers died because of injuries. There was no mention of the flawed construction. One of the most dramatic scenes in the miniseries shows three power plant workers volunteering to go into an underground tunnel beneath the damaged reactor to open a vital drainage valve. On 10 July 1984 Aleksandr Akimov was appointed to the position of shift supervisor of Reactor Unit 4. They showed us these rooms [], the doors were quite heavy, they were padded on the inside, in case you, I dunno, attempted to smash your head against it. When the reactor has been put into a poisoned condition, they tried to raise the power at whatever the cost. "', 'In Moscow, doctors are trying to save Alexander Akimov's life. "When he was present at the block, it created tension for everyone. But no matter how strict he was, he was still a high-level professional.". I felt it probably the most when we were in the city of Chernobyl [] theres a small building thats basically the cultural center, where they put on shows and songs about the Soviet Union and Lenin, and that is the room where they eventually held a trial that we will talk about in episode five. [4] He died from the acute radiation poisoning on 14 May 1986 and was laid to rest at the Mitinskoe Cemetery in Moscow. [4], In 2008, Akimov was posthumously awarded with the 3rd degree Order For Courage by Viktor Yushchenko, then the President of Ukraine.[5]. The story of the reactor's catastrophic explosion, as told in an HBO/Sky miniseries, has received the highest ever score for a TV show on the film website IMDB. Of course, you can criticize the episode for excessive melodrama: Legasov is suddenly partial to Khomyuk, and the miners who stand up to a coal minister recruiting them for the Chernobyl liquidation effort are too theatrical. [11] They were found guilty of gross violation of safety regulations which led to an explosion. His wife Lyuba is at his side.'. Unknown to Akimov, during his work he was exposed to a lethal dose of radiation that was later determined to be 15 Gy. "Now you look like a coal minister." It has nothing to do with reality. Alexander Akimov (Sam Troughton) was the night crew shift supervisor during the early . Im not a religious man, but I suppose thats as religious as Ill ever feel. Alexander Akimov was the head of the night shift that worked at reactor number 4 on the night of the accident. The locals thought they would later be returning to their homes, but this was never the case. [4] Toptunov and Akimov received bone marrow transplants in attempt to restore their immune systems. [3] Due to a design flaw, the descending control rods momentarily accelerated the nuclear reaction and caused the reactor to explode. Akimov had 100% of his skin burnt by radiation. [3] The operators attempted to perform a rundown test before scheduled routine maintenance, during which reactor 4 exploded. Very awesome. Yes, i thought the same about Razim Davletbayev. I think you mean Aleksandr Akimov at Chernobyl, who was the shift supervisor on the night of the disaster. They were nothing like that. Chernobyl engineer Oleksiy Breus, then and now, beside the backdrop of the TV portrayal of the disaster, By Viacheslav Shramovych and Hanna Chornous, Mr Breus revisited the reactor's control room 20 years after the disaster struck, Viktor Bryukhanov (left) sits alongside deputy chief engineer Anatoly Dyatlov (orange shirt) and chief engineer Nikolai Fomin during a trial over the accident, British actor Adam Nagaitis played Vasily Ignatenko, one of the first firefighters on the scene of the disaster, The view of the damaged building from the roof of reactor No. He was the third child of Tatiana Petrovna Ignatenko and Ivan Tarasovish Ignatenko. In the weeks immediately after the explosion, 29 power plant workers and firefighters died from ARS, caused by exposure to high doses of ionising radiation, according to Soviet officials. 4 reactor, and operator Leonid Toptunov, who both feature prominently in the series. Children are shown playing in the radioactive dust, which falls from the sky like snow. The guy that posted it was a Radiation Specialist and had access to records of a lot of the Chernobyl victims. A member of staff at the plant . The one thing, though, that I did feel, walking through the power plant was a little bit of a better sense of how easy it would be to deny. Aleksandr Fyodorovich Akimov ( Russian: ; 6 May 1953 - 11 May 1986) was a Soviet engineer who was the supervisor of the shift that worked at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Unit 4 on the night of the Chernobyl disaster, 26 April 1986. ', 'The worst cases are brought to hospital No. 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. 04:00 - Further fire fighting units arrive from Chernobyl, Polesskoe and Kiev. 9:23 into the video, to me it looks like him, Oh God. The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophic nuclear disaster that occurred in the early hours of 26 April 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine.The accident occurred when Reactor Number 4 exploded and destroyed most of the reactor building, spreading debris and radioactive material across the surrounding area, and over the following days and weeks, most of mainland Europe . "Radiation exposure, red skin, radiation burns and steam burns were what many people talked about but it was never shown like this. Undeservedly condemned, professionally slandered. [3] However, the reactor stalled unexpectedly during test preparations, dropping to a low 30 MW. Without functioning bone marrow in the body, a patient will usually die within four weeks. But Mr Breus believes most Pripyat residents would have slept through the explosion, and he only learned of the accident when he arrived at work the following morning. ", Most of the firefighters were pouring water on the damaged reactor, he says. His father was involved in the Soviet space program and during his childhood, he was surrounded by scientists and engineers.[2]. Meduza shares its thoughts about the shows latest installment, Open Wide, O Earth, and looks at some of the showrunners editing decisions. On May 21, the American premium cable network HBO aired the third episode of Chernobyl, a new miniseries about the catastrophic nuclear accident in April 1986 that rocked the Soviet Union. And still the shift leader is ruminating if the catastrophy was his fault: "What have we done wrong? In the series, Pripyat residents rush to a railway bridge for a better view of the fire, unaware of the exposure. There was no smoke or fire, just fumes coming from the damaged part. Jesus, that is terrible for Nekheav, at least they all did what they could to remove all the water from them valves to avoid a steam explosion and tbh I think it is for the best we dont find out about poor Akimovs faces, He got a very large dose all over and I read somewhere he didnt want to die so he tried to act normal but when he would stand the skin around his legs would fal down like loose socks, I just invisioned that in my mind that sounds awful. 0000012642 00000 n Thank you! Read about our approach to external linking. Miners were brought in to dig a tunnel under the reactor to create a space for a heat exchanger, to stop the molten core melting through the concrete pad and contaminating the groundwater, threatening millions of lives. More than 600,000 civil and military personnel have been given the honorary status of Chernobyl liquidators since the cleanup began in 1986. He points to a few inaccuracies in the TV portrayal. At first, our commanders didnt know what to do. They knew where the valves were, so they were the right men for the task. Vasily Ignatenko was just 25 when he succumbed to slow death via radiation poisoning after fighting the fires of Chernobyl. During his stay, he discussed possible causes of the accident with Akimov and Dyatlov but they were mystified. endstream endobj 22 0 obj<> endobj 23 0 obj<>/Encoding<>>>>> endobj 24 0 obj<> endobj 25 0 obj<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageC]>> endobj 26 0 obj<>stream His famous quote We did everything correctly has been used in the Chernobyl series by HBO. However, they didnt know about the faults that had been made during the construction of the reactor. Russians and Ukrainians have watched it via the internet, and it has had a favourable rating on Russian film site Kinopoisk. Theres something wrong with you.. "Its high rankings show that people are still interested in Chernobyl. His burnt lungs hardly let him breathe, his intestines have decomposed, excrements mixed with blood are oozing from his body. At 9:25 time mark, do you think it might be Khodemchuk? 4 reactor, Oleksiy Ananenko (then and now) with a scene from the TV series showing the three workers wearing respirators, The TV series portrays how 400 miners were involved in digging the tunnel under the damaged reactor, The TV series shows Pripyat residents watching events unfold on what was later nicknamed the "Bridge of Death", The damage caused to the facility by the biggest nuclear disaster in history, Russian minister laughed at for Ukraine war claims. Most of the liquidators were military reserves, and the army did not have enough uniforms suitable for working in radioactive conditions. They are also used for research on diseases including rabies. 30 33 Related Topics Chernobyl Ukraine Europe Place 33 comments Best Add a Comment ApprehensiveFarmer17 2 yr. ago Akimov had 100% of his skin burnt by radiation. He is reported to have stated that he believed he had done everything correctly. 0000011604 00000 n This further increase in power caused the reactor to explode. However, this plan only did more harm than good. Toptunov only had two months' experience in operating the reactor and this was his first shutdown as operator. The Chernobyl disaster, considered the worst nuclear disaster in history, occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, then part of the Soviet Union, now in Ukraine. On April 26, 1986, an explosion occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the northern part of Soviet Ukraine, an event which today is widely known as the Chernobyl disaster. 43 0 obj<>stream Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnFeTe0nDw8. Tel: +38 063 58 16 661E-mail: [emailprotected], Exciting private tours to Chernobyl and Pripyat. I feel bad for akimov because he died with the guilt weighing on him that he some how caused the accident and why did it happen, I also feel really bad. Aleksandr Akimov was born on 6 May 1953 in Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR (Republic of the Soviet Union). Although it has been more than three decades since the Chernobyl disaster, there are many still suffering the consequences today. The dogs are tagged and their radiation exposure studied. It's now a museum. I wasn't aware of this new documentary. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. In 1976, Akimov graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute, with the degree of specialist in engineering and automation of heat and power processes. 4s emergency safety systems and its power-regulating system. It kills you slowly, and it kills you in an excruciating manner. endstream endobj 27 0 obj<>stream In preparation, Anatoly Dyatlov ordered the power to be reduced to 700 MW, as the test plan stipulated. Experts were unable to make an exact reading, as 200 meters (656 ft) above the reactor, radiation levels had reached 1,500 rems, but the counters were not capable of reading any higher than 500 rems. 0000015771 00000 n Thats your job, randomly spouting INSAG reports. Those who take the responsible and leading posts are usually the ones to blame for the failures. A member of staff at the plant from 1982, he became a witness to the immediate aftermath on the morning of 26 April 1986. The reactor was already in a run-away state. Firefighters were also asked to help clear radioactive debris from the roof after the fire was extinguished. The goal was to test the system for preventive maintenance in case of a real power shutdown.