1 00:00:42,273 --> 00:00:45,001 t.me/@Abolix What is the price of lies? 2 00:00:46,034 --> 00:00:49,095 It's not that we mistake the lies for truth. 3 00:00:49,155 --> 00:00:53,301 The truly dangerous thing is that if we hear too many lies- 4 00:00:53,368 --> 00:00:57,221 - we don't understand anymore what is actually truth. 5 00:00:57,288 --> 00:00:59,307 What do we do then? 6 00:00:59,374 --> 00:01:02,518 What remains, other than to abandon the hope of truth- 7 00:01:02,592 --> 00:01:06,988 - and instead let us settle with stories? 8 00:01:07,048 --> 00:01:11,027 In these stories can it settle who the hero is. 9 00:01:11,094 --> 00:01:14,322 We're just looking for a scapegoat. 10 00:01:14,389 --> 00:01:19,077 Here it was Anatoly Dyatlov. He was the given choice. 11 00:01:19,143 --> 00:01:22,538 An arrogant, unpleasant man who was in charge that night. 12 00:01:22,605 --> 00:01:24,457 He gave orders. 13 00:01:24,524 --> 00:01:31,005 And he lacked friends, at least high-ranking ones. 14 00:01:31,072 --> 00:01:37,720 Dyatlov will spend the next ten years in labor camps. 15 00:01:37,787 --> 00:01:41,974 The verdict is clear in double measure unjust. 16 00:01:42,041 --> 00:01:46,479 Worse criminals than him were involved... 17 00:01:48,006 --> 00:01:54,028 ...and for what he actually did he does not deserve prison. 18 00:01:54,095 --> 00:01:57,031 He deserves to die. 19 00:02:10,236 --> 00:02:15,049 Instead, he gets ten years in prison for "gross dereliction of duty". 20 00:02:15,116 --> 00:02:17,218 What does that even mean? 21 00:02:17,285 --> 00:02:21,347 Nobody knows. And that pays off. 22 00:02:23,166 --> 00:02:28,938 The only thing that matters is that, according to them, justice was served. 23 00:02:29,005 --> 00:02:36,320 Because according to them is a fair world an intelligible world. 24 00:02:38,890 --> 00:02:42,410 But Chernobyl is not comprehensible. 25 00:02:43,686 --> 00:02:50,126 What happened there and the aid efforts we were responsible for... 26 00:02:50,193 --> 00:02:53,046 ...everything... 27 00:02:53,112 --> 00:02:55,715 Insanity. 28 00:02:59,661 --> 00:03:04,307 Well, now I've told you what I know. 29 00:03:05,750 --> 00:03:10,605 They will deny it, of course. They always do. 30 00:03:15,510 --> 00:03:18,404 I know that you will do your best. 31 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:46,654 PRIPJAT IN UKRAINE TWO YEARS AND A MINUTE EARLIER 32 00:07:40,733 --> 00:07:42,919 Sound mile? 33 00:08:13,349 --> 00:08:15,743 Comrade Dyatlov! 34 00:08:15,810 --> 00:08:18,204 Comrade Dyatlov! 35 00:08:21,858 --> 00:08:25,670 Comrade Dyatlov! 36 00:08:25,737 --> 00:08:29,507 - What happened? - I don't know. 37 00:08:30,575 --> 00:08:32,760 There is a fire in the turbine hall. 38 00:08:34,287 --> 00:08:39,308 The turbine hall. The auxiliary condenser tank. Hydrogen gas. 39 00:08:39,375 --> 00:08:42,145 You and Toptunov... You made the tank explode. 40 00:08:42,211 --> 00:08:45,982 - No, it's not that... - We have an emergency. Be calm. 41 00:08:46,049 --> 00:08:49,444 - It has exploded! - Akimov, are we cooling the reactor core? 42 00:08:49,510 --> 00:08:52,071 It's off, but the joysticks... 43 00:08:52,138 --> 00:08:56,034 - They haven't gone down all the way. - I turn off the power steering myself. 44 00:08:56,100 --> 00:09:00,204 You two turn on the backup pumps. We need to get water into the hearth. 45 00:09:00,271 --> 00:09:04,667 There is no hearth! The hearth has exploded. 46 00:09:07,695 --> 00:09:10,298 He is in shock. Get him out of here. 47 00:09:10,365 --> 00:09:13,968 The cover has been blown away. The graphite burns, I saw it myself. 48 00:09:14,035 --> 00:09:17,930 A RBMK reactor core does not explode. Akimov! 49 00:09:17,997 --> 00:09:21,225 We did everything correctly, but something has happened... 50 00:09:21,292 --> 00:09:23,686 - Do you feel the taste of metal? - Akimov! 51 00:09:23,753 --> 00:09:26,856 Comrade Perevozchenko, what you say is physically impossible. 52 00:09:26,923 --> 00:09:29,650 Hardeners do not explode. That must be the idea. 53 00:09:29,717 --> 00:09:32,487 We're wasting time, hurry up! 54 00:09:32,553 --> 00:09:35,281 Drain the generators of hydrogen and pump in water. 55 00:09:35,348 --> 00:09:39,452 - And the fire? - Call the fire department. 56 00:11:15,698 --> 00:11:17,467 You are not ready tonight. 57 00:11:17,533 --> 00:11:20,219 They call everyone in, military as civilian. 58 00:11:20,286 --> 00:11:23,806 Pripyat, Polesskoe, Kyiv. 59 00:11:23,873 --> 00:11:26,351 It burns properly. 60 00:11:26,417 --> 00:11:29,479 But there is something about the color. 61 00:11:29,545 --> 00:11:32,899 Pravik said that they probably shine with headlights. 62 00:11:32,966 --> 00:11:37,445 - What if it's chemicals. - Chemicals? 63 00:11:37,512 --> 00:11:40,281 The problem is that the roof has been covered with tar paper - 64 00:11:40,348 --> 00:11:43,910 - so it will burn all night and stink something damned. 65 00:11:43,977 --> 00:11:47,372 It's not worse than that. 66 00:11:48,773 --> 00:11:51,084 Go to bed again. 67 00:11:56,531 --> 00:12:00,677 KL. 01.25 68 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:28,705 - Is it war? - Where is the dosimeter? 69 00:12:28,771 --> 00:12:32,208 Here. Go ahead. 70 00:12:37,655 --> 00:12:39,424 Are they bombing? 71 00:12:42,201 --> 00:12:46,097 - What the hell, 3.6 X-ray? - They don't go higher than that. 72 00:12:46,164 --> 00:12:49,267 The other is locked and I don't have the key. 73 00:12:49,334 --> 00:12:53,521 Valera... Your face... 74 00:12:56,758 --> 00:13:01,362 I'm going to find Chodemtjuk in the pump room. Come here. 75 00:13:01,429 --> 00:13:06,909 Pick up Shashenok in room 604. Speed ​​up! We have to get everyone out! 76 00:13:21,574 --> 00:13:25,094 We have to get to the reactor hall. The elevator is destroyed. 77 00:13:25,161 --> 00:13:27,096 Two flights of stairs up, on the other side. 78 00:13:28,539 --> 00:13:30,516 Why are you going there? 79 00:13:49,394 --> 00:13:51,788 Have you seen Chodemtjuk? 80 00:13:51,854 --> 00:13:54,207 - No. Where is Victor? - In the pump room. 81 00:13:56,901 --> 00:14:00,838 Stay here, I'll be back. 82 00:14:00,905 --> 00:14:04,175 Victor! 83 00:14:20,967 --> 00:14:22,694 Victor... 84 00:14:23,928 --> 00:14:26,114 Victor. 85 00:14:26,180 --> 00:14:29,826 Victor... I'll help you from here. 86 00:14:29,892 --> 00:14:31,828 Can you get up? 87 00:14:31,894 --> 00:14:35,623 - Chodemtjuk... - Huh? 88 00:14:37,859 --> 00:14:40,837 Download Chodemthjuk. 89 00:15:22,153 --> 00:15:25,506 I lowered the control sticks from the other control panel. 90 00:15:25,573 --> 00:15:29,719 They are still up. They are only a third of the way in. 91 00:15:29,786 --> 00:15:32,555 I told the interns to lower them by hand. 92 00:15:32,622 --> 00:15:35,475 - The pumps, then? - I can't get hold of Chodemtjuk. 93 00:15:35,541 --> 00:15:38,436 I shit in Chodemtjuk. Are the pumps in operation? 94 00:15:38,503 --> 00:15:41,522 My control panel is not working. 95 00:15:41,589 --> 00:15:46,152 I don't care about the control panel, I need water in the hearth! 96 00:15:46,219 --> 00:15:51,157 Go down there and see that the pumps are in operation - now. 97 00:15:58,856 --> 00:16:01,417 - What does the dosimeter show? - 3.6 X-ray. 98 00:16:01,484 --> 00:16:06,089 - The meter cannot go higher than that... - Not good, but not a disaster. 99 00:16:12,996 --> 00:16:15,848 We did everything right. 100 00:16:41,107 --> 00:16:45,503 KL. 1:30 am 101 00:17:07,342 --> 00:17:10,737 Prime the pumps! 102 00:17:37,914 --> 00:17:39,932 Vasily! 103 00:17:41,251 --> 00:17:44,270 - What is this, Vasily? - I don't know, Misja. 104 00:17:44,337 --> 00:17:47,899 Don't tinker with it. Connect these now. 105 00:17:52,178 --> 00:17:55,490 - Do you feel a metallic taste in your mouth? - Yes, what is it? 106 00:17:56,432 --> 00:17:58,618 Don't know. 107 00:17:58,685 --> 00:18:01,913 The valves, Misja. The valves, come on! 108 00:18:33,886 --> 00:18:35,655 What do you need? 109 00:18:35,722 --> 00:18:40,284 We need to get into the reactor hall to push down on the joysticks. 110 00:18:41,311 --> 00:18:45,206 There are probably no control rods left. There is probably no reactor core. 111 00:18:47,233 --> 00:18:51,504 No, you're wrong. Akimov said… 112 00:19:08,713 --> 00:19:10,273 Come on. 113 00:19:26,481 --> 00:19:28,875 Ignatenko, take his hose! 114 00:19:28,942 --> 00:19:31,878 There is no danger. 115 00:19:31,945 --> 00:19:34,422 Try to stay calm, Misja... 116 00:20:11,401 --> 00:20:14,087 Are you sure about this? 117 00:20:14,153 --> 00:20:15,963 Akimov... 118 00:20:29,210 --> 00:20:30,853 Okay, go in. 119 00:20:40,722 --> 00:20:42,865 Go in! 120 00:21:21,888 --> 00:21:26,284 Come on! Come on! 121 00:21:26,351 --> 00:21:28,453 Listen! 122 00:21:35,026 --> 00:21:37,420 Hello! 123 00:21:56,297 --> 00:21:59,776 - Ljudmila, do you want to come along? - Where then? 124 00:21:59,842 --> 00:22:02,403 To the railway bridge. You can see better from there. 125 00:22:02,470 --> 00:22:04,781 Still can't sleep now. 126 00:22:04,847 --> 00:22:08,201 It's probably not a good idea. It can be harmful. 127 00:22:08,268 --> 00:22:12,080 - It's a fire. And here we are. - Mikhail! 128 00:22:13,356 --> 00:22:16,918 Oh, sorry. 129 00:22:19,737 --> 00:22:22,298 - Is Vasily...? - Yes. 130 00:22:22,365 --> 00:22:25,468 - Did he say it's serious? - No, it's just the roof. 131 00:22:25,535 --> 00:22:29,097 He has never been injured before. None of them have done that. 132 00:22:30,039 --> 00:22:31,724 He's fine. 133 00:22:33,042 --> 00:22:35,603 Try to get some sleep. 134 00:22:46,014 --> 00:22:49,409 The tank is big enough for to cause this kind of explosion. 135 00:22:49,475 --> 00:22:52,245 The auxiliary condenser tank at 71 holds 100 cubic meters. 136 00:22:52,312 --> 00:22:53,913 110 cubic meters. 137 00:22:53,980 --> 00:22:57,792 110? It is enough to cause this. 138 00:22:57,859 --> 00:23:01,462 It no longer exists. I stared straight into it. 139 00:23:02,405 --> 00:23:04,090 I stared into the hearth. 140 00:23:04,157 --> 00:23:07,927 Did you get the control sticks down, or not? 141 00:23:10,288 --> 00:23:12,682 Take him to the infirmary. 142 00:23:14,375 --> 00:23:16,686 Toptunov, go with him! 143 00:23:19,464 --> 00:23:23,276 - Where is Kudryavtsev? - He fell. 144 00:23:23,343 --> 00:23:26,154 - I need a paramedic! - He's giddy. 145 00:23:26,220 --> 00:23:28,865 - His face... - Cooling pipes have exploded. 146 00:23:28,932 --> 00:23:32,660 The feed water is contaminated. I've seen worse. 147 00:23:32,727 --> 00:23:36,247 Is the outside phone line working? 148 00:23:36,314 --> 00:23:38,499 Akimov? 149 00:23:39,776 --> 00:23:42,587 Call in the day staff. 150 00:23:42,654 --> 00:23:45,590 We have to keep going the water flow to the hearth. 151 00:23:45,657 --> 00:23:49,385 We need electricians, mechanics, we need more people. 152 00:23:49,452 --> 00:23:52,638 How many times Do I have to say it?! 153 00:23:59,545 --> 00:24:04,650 I go to the administration building and calls Bryuchanov and Fomin. 154 00:24:04,717 --> 00:24:07,153 They will demand a full report. 155 00:24:08,263 --> 00:24:12,033 I don't know if I can do things better for you… 156 00:24:12,100 --> 00:24:14,911 ...but I really can make them worse. 157 00:24:16,688 --> 00:24:20,375 Call in the day staff, Comrade Akimov. 158 00:24:22,986 --> 00:24:25,463 Yes, Comrade Dyatlov. 159 00:24:53,391 --> 00:24:57,662 KL. 01:50 160 00:24:57,729 --> 00:25:00,123 Everything looks good. 161 00:25:00,189 --> 00:25:02,417 Lift her up. 162 00:25:05,653 --> 00:25:09,465 She there within an hour, this one first thing tomorrow morning. 163 00:25:11,618 --> 00:25:15,513 - How is it down there? - It's calm. 164 00:25:15,580 --> 00:25:20,101 Yes, only children are born these days. 165 00:25:20,168 --> 00:25:24,022 Do you know that I once worked for two days without sleeping? 166 00:25:24,088 --> 00:25:26,607 Ten women had contractions at the same time. 167 00:25:26,674 --> 00:25:29,027 - Have I told you about it? - Yes. 168 00:25:30,970 --> 00:25:35,742 You won't be needed for a while. You can rest in the emergency room for that long. 169 00:25:36,684 --> 00:25:38,870 It has not someone came from the fire. 170 00:25:38,937 --> 00:25:42,832 - What fire? - At the power plant. 171 00:25:42,899 --> 00:25:46,586 Then it's probably nothing serious. 172 00:25:46,653 --> 00:25:49,547 - Do we have iodine in stock? - Huh? 173 00:25:49,614 --> 00:25:53,593 - Iodine. - For disinfection? 174 00:25:53,660 --> 00:25:56,262 No, iodine tablets. Does the hospital have it in stock? 175 00:25:56,329 --> 00:25:59,015 Why would we have iodine tablets? 176 00:26:11,261 --> 00:26:13,279 Hello? 177 00:26:14,555 --> 00:26:16,741 Hello. 178 00:26:22,855 --> 00:26:25,625 Who else knows about this? 179 00:26:26,859 --> 00:26:29,462 Have you called Fomin? 180 00:26:29,529 --> 00:26:34,092 Of course you should call him. If I'm awake, he should be awake. 181 00:27:12,238 --> 00:27:17,301 Whatever the reason, it is important that neither you nor I... 182 00:27:19,162 --> 00:27:23,891 KL. 02:30 183 00:27:57,408 --> 00:28:02,972 - So the security test failed? - We have the situation under control. 184 00:28:03,039 --> 00:28:05,475 - It doesn't look like that. - Keep quiet, Fomin. 185 00:28:07,001 --> 00:28:09,729 I must inform the Central Committee. 186 00:28:09,796 --> 00:28:13,441 I have to let Marin know or, God forbid, Frolishev - 187 00:28:13,508 --> 00:28:15,568 - that my power plant is in flames. 188 00:28:15,635 --> 00:28:18,071 No one can blame you, director Bryukhanov. 189 00:28:18,137 --> 00:28:22,617 Why should I be held responsible? I was sleeping! 190 00:28:23,559 --> 00:28:25,787 Tell me quickly what happened. 191 00:28:27,105 --> 00:28:31,042 We conducted the test according to Fomin's approval. 192 00:28:31,109 --> 00:28:35,838 Shift leaders Akimov and Toptunov encountered technical problems - 193 00:28:35,905 --> 00:28:40,051 - which led to accumulation of hydrogen in the auxiliary condenser tank. 194 00:28:40,118 --> 00:28:45,181 Unfortunately it caught fire, which has damaged the building. 195 00:28:46,249 --> 00:28:50,520 The tank is quite large. That's the only logical explanation. 196 00:28:50,587 --> 00:28:57,944 But chief engineer Dyatlov led the test and obviously knows best. 197 00:28:58,011 --> 00:29:00,363 The hydrogen tank, fire... 198 00:29:01,848 --> 00:29:03,616 The reactor? 199 00:29:03,683 --> 00:29:07,161 We have taken action to ensure the flow of water. 200 00:29:07,228 --> 00:29:08,746 What about radiation? 201 00:29:08,813 --> 00:29:15,420 It is non-existent down here. In the reactor, 3.6 x-rays were measured. 202 00:29:15,486 --> 00:29:18,256 Not great, but not a horror scenario. 203 00:29:18,323 --> 00:29:20,591 From the feed water, presumably? 204 00:29:23,453 --> 00:29:26,764 We can limit the work shifts to six-hour shifts. 205 00:29:26,831 --> 00:29:30,018 Radiation indication should be carried out regularly. 206 00:29:30,084 --> 00:29:33,938 Make sure they use a dosimeter from the safe. 207 00:29:34,923 --> 00:29:38,901 Then, I'll call Marin. 208 00:29:38,968 --> 00:29:43,781 Make sure they wake up local executive committee. 209 00:29:49,228 --> 00:29:52,707 Go ahead. 210 00:29:56,319 --> 00:29:59,505 Where do the colors come from? 211 00:29:59,572 --> 00:30:01,341 It's the fuel, of course. 212 00:30:01,407 --> 00:30:03,593 "It's the fuel, of course." 213 00:30:03,660 --> 00:30:07,180 How can you be so sure? You mop floors at the train station. 214 00:30:07,247 --> 00:30:10,600 Yuri works at the power plant. It's cold energy, he says. 215 00:30:10,667 --> 00:30:13,061 No gas or fire, just atoms. 216 00:30:13,127 --> 00:30:15,646 The fuel is the only thing you must not go near. 217 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:19,407 If you do, you should drink vodka every hour for four hours. 218 00:30:19,467 --> 00:30:23,905 - Yuri is a plumber, isn't he? - At the nuclear power plant, yes. 219 00:30:30,436 --> 00:30:33,081 Anyway, it's beautiful. 220 00:30:33,147 --> 00:30:35,333 Yes. 221 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,613 do you have a cigarette 222 00:32:53,496 --> 00:32:55,890 Do you need help? 223 00:33:01,462 --> 00:33:03,856 It's over for me. 224 00:34:07,528 --> 00:34:12,759 We've done what we can from here. We have to get on the roof. 225 00:34:18,539 --> 00:34:22,810 Vasily, you must turn off! 226 00:34:24,754 --> 00:34:26,564 That's enough, comrades. 227 00:34:33,805 --> 00:34:35,990 Come on! 228 00:34:41,271 --> 00:34:45,875 This way, Vasily. All the way up and then in. 229 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,004 Hurry up! 230 00:35:01,082 --> 00:35:04,352 Okay, I'm on my way in. 231 00:35:40,997 --> 00:35:44,183 KL. 03:30 232 00:35:50,506 --> 00:35:56,446 - The emergency supply, then? - Neither pumps nor electricity work. 233 00:35:56,512 --> 00:36:00,908 - And the hearth? - I'm not going to go in there. 234 00:36:02,352 --> 00:36:06,372 We have to get water in to prevent a meltdown. 235 00:36:06,439 --> 00:36:08,416 We have to open the valves. 236 00:36:08,483 --> 00:36:10,626 - Sasha... - What is it, Boris? 237 00:36:10,693 --> 00:36:14,672 If that's true, we die. A million people die! 238 00:36:16,199 --> 00:36:20,595 - We have to open the valves by hand. - By hand? 239 00:36:20,662 --> 00:36:24,849 The time it takes to open them... It involves several hours of work! 240 00:36:24,916 --> 00:36:26,893 - Help us, then! - To do what then?! 241 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,729 Pump water into a ditch? There is nothing there! 242 00:36:38,930 --> 00:36:40,740 Leonid, I'm begging you... 243 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:58,257 - Keep an eye on the control panel. - It doesn't work. 244 00:36:58,324 --> 00:37:00,718 Keep an eye on it though. 245 00:37:21,431 --> 00:37:23,950 Now we know why they called us in earlier. 246 00:37:24,017 --> 00:37:26,536 Did they say what happened? 247 00:37:26,603 --> 00:37:31,290 The safety-tested turbines and the auxiliary condenser tank exploded. 248 00:37:31,357 --> 00:37:33,543 I can't get it to work either. 249 00:37:35,028 --> 00:37:39,632 Could it be sabotage? A bomb? 250 00:37:39,699 --> 00:37:41,259 Sitnikov! 251 00:37:41,326 --> 00:37:45,013 Bryuchanov told us to use the dosimeters in the safety cabinet - 252 00:37:45,079 --> 00:37:46,764 - but we can't find the key. 253 00:37:46,831 --> 00:37:49,892 It is stored in Block 2. Has not... 254 00:37:49,959 --> 00:37:52,145 Follow along. 255 00:38:02,889 --> 00:38:08,494 Welcome, gentlemen. Take a seat. There are plenty of them. 256 00:38:08,561 --> 00:38:11,414 I apologize for the late hour. 257 00:38:11,481 --> 00:38:15,376 We're all safe down here. 258 00:38:15,443 --> 00:38:19,047 This bunker must withstand an American nuclear attack - 259 00:38:19,113 --> 00:38:21,466 - so we have nothing to fear. 260 00:38:23,201 --> 00:38:25,636 As you can see, an accident has occurred. 261 00:38:25,703 --> 00:38:28,306 A larger auxiliary condenser tank crashed - 262 00:38:28,373 --> 00:38:32,310 - which has caused damage on block 4 and caused a fire. 263 00:38:32,377 --> 00:38:35,605 I have personally spoken with Deputy Minister Marin - 264 00:38:35,672 --> 00:38:38,358 - who have spoken to Chairman Frolyshev. 265 00:38:38,424 --> 00:38:41,861 Frolyshev has communicated with Dolgich at the Central Committee - 266 00:38:41,928 --> 00:38:46,616 - who in turn have contacted General Secretary Gorbachev. 267 00:38:46,683 --> 00:38:52,497 Because the Central Committee have the greatest respect - 268 00:38:52,563 --> 00:38:56,417 - for the work performed of Pripyat Executive Committee - 269 00:38:56,484 --> 00:39:00,213 - have they asked me to inform you about the current situation. 270 00:39:01,906 --> 00:39:05,885 To begin with we have the situation under control. 271 00:39:05,952 --> 00:39:10,848 And then the efforts that are carried out of the Soviet nuclear industry - 272 00:39:10,915 --> 00:39:13,142 - considered state secrets - 273 00:39:13,209 --> 00:39:20,525 - it is of great importance that the incident not have negative consequences. 274 00:39:20,592 --> 00:39:22,944 To prevent panic from breaking out - 275 00:39:23,011 --> 00:39:27,615 - has been called in by the Central Committee military police to Pripyat. 276 00:39:27,682 --> 00:39:29,409 How big a squad are we talking about? 277 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:32,912 Between 2,000 and 4,000 men. 278 00:39:35,106 --> 00:39:39,210 What really happened? How dangerous is it? 279 00:39:39,277 --> 00:39:43,047 We have some radiation, though it is limited to the power plant. 280 00:39:43,114 --> 00:39:45,383 - No, it isn't. - Excuse me? 281 00:39:46,367 --> 00:39:48,886 You saw men vomiting outside. 282 00:39:50,038 --> 00:39:52,056 You saw men with burns. 283 00:39:52,999 --> 00:39:55,601 The radiation is higher than they claim. 284 00:39:55,668 --> 00:40:00,773 We have wives and children here. We have to evacuate the town. 285 00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:04,360 Gentlemen, if I may ask... 286 00:40:04,427 --> 00:40:06,863 My wife is here! 287 00:40:06,930 --> 00:40:10,491 Would I let her stay in Pripyat if it wasn't safe? 288 00:40:10,558 --> 00:40:14,245 Bryuchanov, the air shines! 289 00:40:14,312 --> 00:40:17,582 The Cherenkov effect. A completely normal phenomenon - 290 00:40:17,649 --> 00:40:20,585 - which arises even with minimal radiation. 291 00:40:29,369 --> 00:40:34,557 How many of you know about the name of this place? 292 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:39,520 We call it Chernobyl, of course... 293 00:40:39,587 --> 00:40:43,024 ...but what is the official name? 294 00:40:43,091 --> 00:40:46,694 Vladimir I. Lenin nuclear power plant. 295 00:40:47,637 --> 00:40:50,948 Exactly that. 296 00:40:51,015 --> 00:40:54,702 Vladimir I. Lenin. 297 00:41:01,568 --> 00:41:06,381 He would have been proud of you today. 298 00:41:06,447 --> 00:41:13,388 Especially over you, young man, with your concern for the people. 299 00:41:13,454 --> 00:41:18,726 Isn't that the purpose of the state apparatus? 300 00:41:18,793 --> 00:41:22,647 Sometimes we forget. 301 00:41:22,714 --> 00:41:26,025 Sometimes the fear becomes too great. 302 00:41:27,468 --> 00:41:34,117 But faith in Soviet socialism will always pay off. 303 00:41:36,519 --> 00:41:41,207 And now the state says that the situation is harmless. 304 00:41:41,274 --> 00:41:44,961 Then show faith, comrades. 305 00:41:45,028 --> 00:41:48,256 Now the state says it wants to avoid that panic breaks out. 306 00:41:48,323 --> 00:41:50,883 Then listen. 307 00:41:53,036 --> 00:41:58,266 It is true that people will be intimidated by the presence of the police. 308 00:41:58,333 --> 00:42:01,561 But my experience tells me… 309 00:42:01,628 --> 00:42:07,150 ...that when people ask questions which does not favor their interests… 310 00:42:07,216 --> 00:42:12,280 ...should they be told to focus on their work... 311 00:42:12,347 --> 00:42:18,244 ...and entrust state affairs for the state. 312 00:42:19,187 --> 00:42:22,081 We're blocking off the city. 313 00:42:22,148 --> 00:42:24,542 No one can leave here. 314 00:42:24,609 --> 00:42:27,211 We are shutting down the phone lines - 315 00:42:27,278 --> 00:42:30,840 - to limit the spread of incorrect information. 316 00:42:32,575 --> 00:42:39,140 That way we prevent them from undermining what they themselves have built up. 317 00:42:41,501 --> 00:42:44,228 Yes, comrades. 318 00:42:44,295 --> 00:42:48,483 We will all be rewarded for our efforts here tonight. 319 00:42:50,927 --> 00:42:55,323 It's our time to shine. 320 00:43:07,151 --> 00:43:08,795 Thanks. 321 00:43:21,416 --> 00:43:24,852 Comrade Sitnikov, chief engineer. 322 00:43:36,681 --> 00:43:38,241 Reach? 323 00:43:44,939 --> 00:43:48,960 I sent in the measurement group in the reactor building. 324 00:43:49,027 --> 00:43:52,880 The dosimeter from the safety cabinet, which measures up to 1,000 x-rays... 325 00:43:52,947 --> 00:43:55,550 What did it show? 326 00:43:57,619 --> 00:44:02,390 Nothing. It stopped working as soon as it was turned on. 327 00:44:02,457 --> 00:44:04,684 It is typical Moscow. 328 00:44:04,751 --> 00:44:07,687 They send us shit and wondering why everything is going wrong. 329 00:44:07,754 --> 00:44:12,233 We found another dosimeter, which belongs to the army fire brigade. 330 00:44:12,300 --> 00:44:16,070 It only measures up to 200 x-rays but is better than the small ones. 331 00:44:17,180 --> 00:44:21,743 It hit rock bottom. 200 x-rays. 332 00:44:23,269 --> 00:44:25,455 What are you trying to say? 333 00:44:25,521 --> 00:44:30,918 I asked him to redo the measurement. He is my best technician… 334 00:44:30,985 --> 00:44:33,755 Another faulty gauge. You are wasting our time. 335 00:44:33,821 --> 00:44:36,549 I checked the functionality of the meter. 336 00:44:36,616 --> 00:44:39,927 How do you get such numbers from leaking feed water? 337 00:44:43,456 --> 00:44:47,018 - You don't get that. - What the hell are you talking about? 338 00:44:50,797 --> 00:44:53,191 I... 339 00:44:54,926 --> 00:44:58,988 I walked around the outside of block 4. 340 00:44:59,055 --> 00:45:02,784 I think it's graphite among the rubble on the ground. 341 00:45:03,810 --> 00:45:06,204 You didn't see graphite. 342 00:45:06,271 --> 00:45:09,290 - Yes, I did. - No, you didn't. 343 00:45:09,357 --> 00:45:13,920 You didn't see it, because there is no graphite there! 344 00:45:15,863 --> 00:45:18,800 Are you trying to say that the hearth... 345 00:45:18,866 --> 00:45:20,718 ...has exploded? 346 00:45:22,870 --> 00:45:25,598 Yes. 347 00:45:33,256 --> 00:45:35,400 Sitnikov... 348 00:45:35,466 --> 00:45:38,027 You are core engineers like me. 349 00:45:38,094 --> 00:45:44,325 Can you explain to me how a RBMK reactor core explodes? 350 00:45:44,392 --> 00:45:48,246 No meltdown, no explosion. 351 00:45:48,313 --> 00:45:52,333 - I would like to know that. - I can't answer that. 352 00:45:53,276 --> 00:45:57,171 - Are you crazy? - No. 353 00:45:57,238 --> 00:46:00,133 Then why can't you answer that? 354 00:46:00,199 --> 00:46:02,301 I... 355 00:46:03,703 --> 00:46:07,932 I don't understand how it could explode… 356 00:46:07,999 --> 00:46:10,518 - ...but it did. - That's enough! 357 00:46:10,585 --> 00:46:15,690 From the roof of the ventilation building looking straight down into reactor 4. 358 00:46:15,757 --> 00:46:18,317 I want to see it with… 359 00:46:18,384 --> 00:46:20,737 ...own eyes. 360 00:46:25,558 --> 00:46:27,910 I apologize. 361 00:46:27,977 --> 00:46:31,247 Guard! Guard! 362 00:46:31,314 --> 00:46:35,710 Take him to the doctor or hospital! 363 00:46:50,792 --> 00:46:54,937 It is the feed water. He's been close to it all evening. 364 00:46:56,047 --> 00:46:57,774 Then you can go. 365 00:47:00,802 --> 00:47:02,362 Huh? 366 00:47:02,428 --> 00:47:06,699 Get on the roof of the ventilation building and report to us what you see. 367 00:47:10,186 --> 00:47:14,749 - No, I'm not going to do that. - Yes. 368 00:47:19,279 --> 00:47:23,508 There is no danger, you will see. 369 00:47:23,575 --> 00:47:25,968 Go now. 370 00:48:06,576 --> 00:48:09,303 Okay. 371 00:48:09,370 --> 00:48:12,056 Then we begin. 372 00:48:19,297 --> 00:48:21,065 Leonid... 373 00:48:24,552 --> 00:48:26,654 Leonid. 374 00:48:34,228 --> 00:48:38,833 All the way, okay? Open them fully. 375 00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:49,177 Sorry... 376 00:48:52,330 --> 00:48:58,686 There is nothing to apologize for. We haven't done anything wrong. 377 00:49:00,421 --> 00:49:03,441 Yes, we have. 378 00:52:50,109 --> 00:52:53,338 - Hello? - Valery Legasov? 379 00:52:53,404 --> 00:52:58,009 Are you first deputy director at the Kurtjatov Institute? 380 00:52:58,076 --> 00:53:01,179 - Yes, who am I talking to... - This is Boris Sherbina: 381 00:53:01,246 --> 00:53:06,184 Vice Head of Government and Chairman of the Ministry of Energy. 382 00:53:06,251 --> 00:53:10,063 There has been an accident in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. 383 00:53:10,129 --> 00:53:11,856 How serious? 384 00:53:11,923 --> 00:53:15,360 No panic. There was a fire, but most of it is off. 385 00:53:15,426 --> 00:53:20,656 - The auxiliary condenser tank exploded. - The auxiliary condenser tank. And the hearth? 386 00:53:20,723 --> 00:53:24,035 We have given directives about to constantly pump in water. 387 00:53:24,102 --> 00:53:26,788 I understand. Any signs of contamination? 388 00:53:26,854 --> 00:53:31,334 The head of the plant, Brjuchanov, states that they have measured 3.6 roentgen. 389 00:53:31,401 --> 00:53:33,544 That's reason enough to evacuate... 390 00:53:33,611 --> 00:53:39,676 - You are an expert on RBMK reactors, aren't you? - Yes, I have studied... 391 00:53:39,742 --> 00:53:44,263 General Secretary Gorbachev has appointed a commission of inquiry. 392 00:53:44,330 --> 00:53:48,267 You are part of it. We meet at 2 p.m. 393 00:53:48,334 --> 00:53:53,147 So late? Given the radiation would it be advisable to... 394 00:53:53,214 --> 00:53:56,776 Legasov, your role in the commission is to answer questions- 395 00:53:56,843 --> 00:54:01,406 - regarding the operation of RBMK reactors if such should arise. 396 00:54:01,472 --> 00:54:04,992 You must not interfere our political stance, understood? 397 00:54:05,059 --> 00:54:08,621 Of course. I didn't mean to... 398 00:56:19,068 --> 00:56:23,339 Translation: Joakim Troué www.sdimedia.com