1 00:02:16,119 --> 00:02:18,880 Is it possible that the water has already killed them? 2 00:02:19,279 --> 00:02:21,160 Yes. 3 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:22,720 Then what? 4 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:25,600 If it doesn't work? 5 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:56,119 Get them in the truck. 6 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,080 Get the hoses in! Start pumping! 7 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,680 Uh, I'm here to see my husband, Vastly lgnatenko. 8 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,119 He's a firefighter from Chernobyl. I have permission. 9 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,600 Chernobyl? I'm sorry, no visitors. 10 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,119 Well, but Major... Major Burov told me, 11 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:28,479 - he said... - No exceptions. 12 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,240 Please. I've come all the way from Kievskaya Oblast. 13 00:04:56,280 --> 00:04:57,920 Excuse me. 14 00:04:59,199 --> 00:05:00,600 Excuse me, excuse me. 15 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:01,977 Who are you? What are you doing here? 16 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,679 - I have a pass. - You can't be here. It's not safe. 17 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:06,560 I am here to see my husband. 18 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:07,600 Vastly lgnatenko. 19 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:09,120 He's a firefighter from Chernobyl. 20 00:05:09,199 --> 00:05:11,559 I know who lgnatenko is, but you can't. 21 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:13,560 I have permission. I've... 22 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,600 You can see him for 30 minutes, not a minute more. 23 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,600 And you cannot touch him in any way. Do you understand? 24 00:05:25,679 --> 00:05:27,840 - Yeah. - Room 15. 25 00:05:29,519 --> 00:05:30,479 Thank you. 26 00:05:30,999 --> 00:05:32,799 - You're not pregnant, are you? - No. 27 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:41,999 |won't have to give that to you. 28 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:43,079 There they are. 29 00:05:43,479 --> 00:05:45,057 No, wait, wait, wait. I haven't finished yet. 30 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:46,160 No, no, he hasn't. 31 00:05:46,919 --> 00:05:48,200 Yeah, that's good. 32 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:52,159 Yeah, better. 33 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:56,600 Look who the cat dragged in. 34 00:05:59,119 --> 00:06:00,720 VASILYI What did I tell you? 35 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:03,760 There's no hiding from you, is there? Eh? 36 00:06:06,959 --> 00:06:08,879 Easy, easy. It's okay. 37 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,120 We're all okay. Yeah, we're okay. 38 00:07:19,239 --> 00:07:22,600 How, how, how did this happen? Who gave them the idea? 39 00:07:22,679 --> 00:07:24,520 - Are you suggesting I did? - Someone did. 40 00:07:24,599 --> 00:07:27,920 Someone decided that the evacuation zone 41 00:07:27,999 --> 00:07:31,039 should be 30 kilometers, when we know, here, 42 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,759 cesium-137 in the Gomel district. 43 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:36,399 - That's 200 kilometers away! - It was decided. 44 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,279 - Based on what? - I don't know! 45 00:07:39,679 --> 00:07:43,440 Forgive me. Maybe I... I've just spent too much time in my lab. 46 00:07:43,519 --> 00:07:45,120 Or maybe I'm just stupid. 47 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:47,560 Is this really the way it all works? 48 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:50,440 An uninformed, arbitrary decision 49 00:07:50,519 --> 00:07:52,679 that will cost who knows how many lives 50 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:56,480 made by some apparatchik? Some career party man? 51 00:07:58,479 --> 00:08:00,480 I'm a career party man. 52 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,079 You should watch your tone, Comrade Legasov. 53 00:08:05,159 --> 00:08:06,279 Comrades... 54 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:09,839 We have visual confirmation that the fire is nearly extinguished. 55 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:11,840 There has also been a reduction in iodine-131 56 00:08:11,919 --> 00:08:13,839 and cesium-137 emissions. 57 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:15,319 Good. Yes? 58 00:08:15,999 --> 00:08:18,720 But the temperature is rising. 59 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:20,119 And, uh... 60 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:29,839 There's a spike in zirconium-95. 61 00:08:31,119 --> 00:08:34,200 It's from the cladding on the fuel rods. 62 00:08:34,279 --> 00:08:36,520 Meaning what? 63 00:08:36,599 --> 00:08:38,880 The meltdown has begun. 64 00:09:15,919 --> 00:09:17,400 VASILYI Get it Off me! 65 00:09:19,919 --> 00:09:22,200 Get it off me! 66 00:09:29,399 --> 00:09:30,840 Stop moving! 67 00:09:30,919 --> 00:09:33,560 Get off him! You're hurting him! 68 00:09:34,359 --> 00:09:36,399 - You can't be in here. - What's happening to him? 69 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:37,879 Get out! 70 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:39,639 You can't be in here! 71 00:10:20,839 --> 00:10:21,799 Yes? 72 00:10:21,879 --> 00:10:23,319 Comrade Shcherbina is on the phone. 73 00:10:23,399 --> 00:10:24,720 Put him through. 74 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:27,360 Well? 75 00:10:27,439 --> 00:10:29,079 The fire's nearly out. 76 00:10:29,159 --> 00:10:30,799 The bubbler tanks are being drained. 77 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:33,719 We have successfully eliminated the risk of a thermal explosion. 78 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:37,760 And? 79 00:10:39,199 --> 00:10:40,760 The situation inside the core 80 00:10:40,839 --> 00:10:43,640 is deteriorating faster than anticipated. 81 00:10:43,719 --> 00:10:46,439 The concrete pad will last for six to eight weeks, 82 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:49,440 but after that, Legasov estimates a 50% chance 83 00:10:49,519 --> 00:10:51,159 that the fuel will breach the pad 84 00:10:51,239 --> 00:10:53,839 and melt down into the groundwater itself. 85 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,199 And where does this groundwater go? 86 00:10:57,279 --> 00:10:59,239 The Pripyat River, 87 00:10:59,319 --> 00:11:02,119 which feeds into the Dnieper. 88 00:11:02,199 --> 00:11:05,439 The primary water supply for approximately 50 million people, 89 00:11:05,519 --> 00:11:09,479 not to mention crops and livestock, would be unusable. 90 00:11:09,560 --> 00:11:12,159 We're recommending we install a heat exchanger under the pad 91 00:11:12,239 --> 00:11:15,200 to lower the core temperature and halt the meltdown. 92 00:11:15,279 --> 00:11:18,200 And in order to do that, I'm told that we will need 93 00:11:20,439 --> 00:11:24,120 all of the liquid nitrogen in the Soviet Union. 94 00:11:26,479 --> 00:11:27,439 Oh. 95 00:11:28,479 --> 00:11:29,519 All right. 96 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:31,120 Yeah, and of course, we'll also need... 97 00:11:31,199 --> 00:11:32,439 Whatever you need, you have it. 98 00:11:32,519 --> 00:11:33,900 - That should be clear by now. - Yes. 99 00:11:33,959 --> 00:11:35,536 - Anything else? - Uh, no, no, no. Thank you. 100 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:38,479 Yes. I'd like to address the 30-kilometer exclusion zone. 101 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:41,199 Wait, what? Professor Legasov, is that you? 102 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:42,480 What exclusion zone? 103 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:44,519 Minor details, General Secretary. 104 00:11:44,599 --> 00:11:47,040 Um, Premier Ryzhkov has determined that... 105 00:11:47,119 --> 00:11:49,399 If he determined, then he determined. 106 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:50,839 Look, Professor Legasov, 107 00:11:50,919 --> 00:11:52,759 you are there for one reason only. 108 00:11:52,839 --> 00:11:54,840 Do you understand? To make this stop. 109 00:11:54,919 --> 00:11:56,080 I don't want questions. 110 00:11:56,159 --> 00:11:57,720 I want to know when this will be over. 111 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:00,079 If you mean when will Chernobyl be completely safe, 112 00:12:00,159 --> 00:12:03,200 the half-life of plutonium-239 is 24,000 years. 113 00:12:03,279 --> 00:12:06,319 So perhaps we should just say, "Not within our lifetimes." 114 00:12:18,079 --> 00:12:19,879 I think you and I should take a walk. 115 00:12:20,399 --> 00:12:22,000 It's late. I'm tired. 116 00:12:23,039 --> 00:12:25,280 We're taking a walk. 117 00:12:31,479 --> 00:12:33,800 What is it you want? An apology? 118 00:12:35,519 --> 00:12:37,159 Not gonna sit back and... 119 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:40,999 What will happen to our boys? 120 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,200 Which boys? The divers? 121 00:12:44,279 --> 00:12:47,080 The divers, the firefighters, the men in the control room. 122 00:12:47,759 --> 00:12:50,999 What does the radiation do to them, precisely? 123 00:12:52,639 --> 00:12:55,159 At the levels some of them were exposed? 124 00:12:55,239 --> 00:12:58,239 Ionizing radiation tears the cellular structure apart. 125 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:01,879 The skin blisters, turns red, then black. 126 00:13:03,479 --> 00:13:05,880 This is followed by a latency period. 127 00:13:07,039 --> 00:13:08,839 The immediate effects subside. 128 00:13:08,919 --> 00:13:10,599 The patient appears to be recovering. 129 00:13:11,759 --> 00:13:14,039 Healthy, even. But they aren't. 130 00:13:15,599 --> 00:13:18,799 This usually only lasts for a day or two. 131 00:13:21,199 --> 00:13:22,359 Continue. 132 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:27,399 Then the cellular damage begins to manifest. 133 00:13:27,479 --> 00:13:32,679 The bone marrow dies, the immune system fails, 134 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,279 the organs and soft tissue begin to decompose. 135 00:13:36,359 --> 00:13:40,239 The arteries and veins spill open like sieves, 136 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:42,640 to the point where you can't even administer morphine 137 00:13:42,719 --> 00:13:46,159 for the pain, which is unimaginable. 138 00:13:46,919 --> 00:13:50,040 And then three days to three weeks, you're dead. 139 00:13:52,199 --> 00:13:54,359 That is what will happen to those boys. 140 00:13:56,599 --> 00:13:57,919 And what about us? 141 00:14:01,199 --> 00:14:02,919 Well, we've... 142 00:14:02,999 --> 00:14:05,839 We've gotten a steady dose, but not as much of it. 143 00:14:07,119 --> 00:14:08,879 Not strong enough to kill the cells, 144 00:14:08,959 --> 00:14:11,879 but consistent enough to damage our DNA. 145 00:14:13,279 --> 00:14:15,919 So, in time, cancer. 146 00:14:16,439 --> 00:14:19,559 Or aplastic anemia. Either way, fatal. 147 00:14:22,199 --> 00:14:23,439 Well... 148 00:14:25,399 --> 00:14:30,799 In a sense, it would seem we've gotten off easy then, Valery. 149 00:14:42,999 --> 00:14:44,719 I've seen them before. 150 00:14:50,519 --> 00:14:53,680 Now you know why I wanted to take a walk. 151 00:14:53,759 --> 00:14:55,919 We can presume the work site is bugged. 152 00:14:56,879 --> 00:15:00,759 And our rooms, even our bathrooms. 153 00:15:00,839 --> 00:15:02,919 They've been here the whole time. 154 00:15:02,999 --> 00:15:04,919 Of course, they've been here the whole time. 155 00:15:06,119 --> 00:15:09,839 But if we're seeing them out in the open now, 156 00:15:09,919 --> 00:15:12,480 it's because they want us to know. 157 00:15:52,639 --> 00:15:53,760 You've seen that? 158 00:15:56,119 --> 00:15:58,079 The fuel is melting faster than we expected. 159 00:15:58,159 --> 00:16:00,359 I know. I have a plan. 160 00:16:01,079 --> 00:16:03,559 Heat exchanger, I hope. 161 00:16:03,639 --> 00:16:05,039 Yes. 162 00:16:08,119 --> 00:16:09,999 There's something I've wanted to ask you, comrade, 163 00:16:10,039 --> 00:16:13,279 but I see you're already asking yourself the same question. 164 00:16:16,879 --> 00:16:19,039 Why did it explode? 165 00:16:20,679 --> 00:16:22,879 I've worked the numbers over and over, 166 00:16:22,959 --> 00:16:26,399 presuming the worst possible conditions in an RBMK reactor. 167 00:16:28,319 --> 00:16:30,839 And I always get the same answer. 168 00:16:30,919 --> 00:16:32,279 Which is? 169 00:16:33,639 --> 00:16:34,759 It's not possible. 170 00:16:35,919 --> 00:16:37,279 And yet... 171 00:16:40,239 --> 00:16:42,239 You're not going to solve this here. 172 00:16:43,839 --> 00:16:45,279 Not on paper. 173 00:16:46,919 --> 00:16:48,639 Everyone who was in the control room, 174 00:16:48,719 --> 00:16:50,999 yatflaw, Taptunaw, 175 00:16:51,079 --> 00:16:54,439 they're all in Moscow, Hospital Number 6. 176 00:16:55,319 --> 00:16:58,239 We need to find out exactly what happened that night, 177 00:16:58,319 --> 00:17:01,639 moment by moment, decision by decision. 178 00:17:02,999 --> 00:17:04,919 Go now while they're still alive. 179 00:17:04,999 --> 00:17:07,119 Talk to them. 180 00:17:07,199 --> 00:17:09,679 Because if we don't find out how this happened, 181 00:17:09,759 --> 00:17:11,959 it will happen again. 182 00:17:14,839 --> 00:17:16,479 Andi, 183 00:17:17,999 --> 00:17:19,559 Be careful. 184 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:44,599 Well, fuck you! 185 00:17:47,439 --> 00:17:49,319 Hey, here's one, here's one. 186 00:17:49,399 --> 00:17:51,239 What's as big as a house, 187 00:17:51,319 --> 00:17:54,239 burns 20 liters of fuel every hour, 188 00:17:54,319 --> 00:17:56,079 puts out a shit-load of smoke and noise, 189 00:17:57,239 --> 00:17:59,399 and cuts an apple into three pieces? 190 00:18:01,839 --> 00:18:05,159 A Soviet machine made to cut apples into four pieces! 191 00:18:42,879 --> 00:18:45,239 - Who's in charge here? - I'm the crew chief. 192 00:18:46,838 --> 00:18:49,919 I am Shadov, Minister of Coal Industries. 193 00:18:49,998 --> 00:18:51,239 We know who you are. 194 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:54,959 How many men do you have? 195 00:18:55,519 --> 00:18:58,879 On this shift, 45 here, a hundred in total. 196 00:18:59,759 --> 00:19:02,599 I need all 100 men to gather their equipment and get in the trucks. 197 00:19:03,799 --> 00:19:06,119 Do you? To where? 198 00:19:07,799 --> 00:19:08,959 That's classified. 199 00:19:15,399 --> 00:19:16,519 Come on, then. 200 00:19:17,079 --> 00:19:18,279 Start shooting. 201 00:19:18,719 --> 00:19:21,319 You haven't got enough bullets for all of us. 202 00:19:21,398 --> 00:19:23,479 Kill as many as you can, whoever's left, 203 00:19:23,799 --> 00:19:25,416 they'll beat the living piss out of each of you. 204 00:19:25,439 --> 00:19:27,599 - You can't talk to us like that! - Shut the fuck up! 205 00:19:28,719 --> 00:19:31,119 This is Tula. This is our mine. 206 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:33,839 We don't leave unless we know why. 207 00:19:35,798 --> 00:19:36,839 Mmm. 208 00:19:40,839 --> 00:19:42,759 You're going to Chernobyl. 209 00:19:44,799 --> 00:19:46,319 Do you know what's happened there? 210 00:19:47,399 --> 00:19:49,319 We dig up coal, not bodies. 211 00:19:50,439 --> 00:19:52,639 The reactor fuel is going to sink into the ground 212 00:19:52,719 --> 00:19:55,519 and poison the water from Kiev to the Black Sea. 213 00:19:55,599 --> 00:19:56,879 All of it. 214 00:19:57,959 --> 00:19:59,398 Forever, they say. 215 00:20:01,439 --> 00:20:03,879 They want you to stop that from happening. 216 00:20:05,199 --> 00:20:07,279 And how are we supposed to do that? 217 00:20:08,079 --> 00:20:10,599 They didn't tell me, because I don't need to know. 218 00:20:12,479 --> 00:20:14,879 Do you need to know, or have you heard enough? 219 00:20:54,439 --> 00:20:57,119 Now you look like the Minister of Coal. 220 00:21:17,799 --> 00:21:19,159 Va Sya? 221 00:21:20,639 --> 00:21:21,838 Va Sya? 222 00:21:27,679 --> 00:21:28,839 No, no, no. 223 00:21:29,799 --> 00:21:31,558 They told you no touching. 224 00:21:32,039 --> 00:21:34,199 It's not safe. 225 00:21:34,279 --> 00:21:36,439 They touch you. 226 00:21:37,479 --> 00:21:39,319 If it's safe for them, it's safe for me. 227 00:21:48,998 --> 00:21:50,758 Where are the others? 228 00:21:50,839 --> 00:21:52,599 They took them to a special room. 229 00:21:54,198 --> 00:21:55,759 They won't tell me where. 230 00:21:59,879 --> 00:22:00,959 Will you open the curtains? 231 00:22:02,399 --> 00:22:03,359 Hmm? 232 00:22:03,638 --> 00:22:04,959 Open the curtains. 233 00:22:08,878 --> 00:22:09,838 Ah. 234 00:22:26,678 --> 00:22:28,758 Please, tell me what you see outside. 235 00:22:29,799 --> 00:22:31,238 Tell me everything. 236 00:22:38,439 --> 00:22:39,399 Um... 237 00:22:41,118 --> 00:22:42,998 I can see the Red Square. 238 00:22:45,959 --> 00:22:47,039 And 239 00:22:47,879 --> 00:22:49,598 the Kremlin. 240 00:22:50,838 --> 00:22:53,879 Spasskaya Tower, the mausoleum. 241 00:22:56,239 --> 00:22:57,838 You see St. Basil's? 242 00:22:59,399 --> 00:23:00,838 Yeah. 243 00:23:00,919 --> 00:23:02,559 Ah. 244 00:23:02,839 --> 00:23:04,479 Yes, it's beautiful. 245 00:23:05,959 --> 00:23:07,838 I told you. 246 00:23:07,919 --> 00:23:10,559 I told you I'd show you Moscow, didn't I? 247 00:23:10,759 --> 00:23:11,798 Huh? 248 00:23:11,879 --> 00:23:13,799 Yeah. Yes. 249 00:23:19,518 --> 00:23:21,239 Thank you. 250 00:24:06,599 --> 00:24:09,158 I'm not eating that. It's shit. 251 00:24:09,958 --> 00:24:11,119 Get me something else. 252 00:24:12,438 --> 00:24:14,798 I'm not a nurse, Comrade Dyatlov. 253 00:24:14,879 --> 00:24:16,639 I'm a nuclear physicist. 254 00:24:17,559 --> 00:24:19,879 Well, then, Comrade Nuclear Physicist, 255 00:24:21,358 --> 00:24:25,679 unless you happen to have a butter and caviar sandwich on you, 256 00:24:25,758 --> 00:24:27,999 you can get the fuck out of my room. 257 00:25:43,678 --> 00:25:44,878 What? 258 00:25:45,919 --> 00:25:47,439 I'm not good at this, Boris. 259 00:25:48,438 --> 00:25:50,198 The lying- 260 00:25:54,439 --> 00:25:56,838 Have you ever spent time with miners? 261 00:25:58,679 --> 00:25:59,958 No. 262 00:26:00,118 --> 00:26:02,639 My advice, tell the truth. 263 00:26:02,718 --> 00:26:05,959 These men work in the dark. They see everything. 264 00:26:07,398 --> 00:26:09,639 Andrei Glukhov, crew chief. 265 00:26:24,599 --> 00:26:25,718 Do these work? 266 00:26:27,438 --> 00:26:28,918 To an extent. 267 00:26:32,078 --> 00:26:33,038 Of course. 268 00:26:44,718 --> 00:26:46,119 So what's the job? 269 00:26:48,039 --> 00:26:51,599 We need to install a liquid nitrogen heat exchanger 270 00:26:51,678 --> 00:26:54,759 underneath this concrete pad. 271 00:26:54,838 --> 00:26:58,358 There's no way to approach from the interior of the building, 272 00:26:58,439 --> 00:27:00,679 so you have to get at it from underground. 273 00:27:00,758 --> 00:27:04,079 - And what's above the pad? - The core of the nuclear reactor, 274 00:27:04,158 --> 00:27:06,399 which is melting down. 275 00:27:07,838 --> 00:27:09,439 What? Like... 276 00:27:11,079 --> 00:27:12,159 Essentially. 277 00:27:14,079 --> 00:27:15,359 Is it gonna fall on top of us? 278 00:27:15,438 --> 00:27:17,158 Not if you're done within six weeks. 279 00:27:19,039 --> 00:27:20,918 Dimensions? 280 00:27:23,839 --> 00:27:25,718 Break ground here, 281 00:27:25,798 --> 00:27:28,079 dig a tunnel 150 meters to here, 282 00:27:28,158 --> 00:27:30,998 excavate a space 30 by 30 meters 283 00:27:31,078 --> 00:27:32,798 for the heat exchanger. 284 00:27:32,879 --> 00:27:35,838 And because we need to keep disruption of the ground above to a minimum, 285 00:27:35,919 --> 00:27:37,638 you can't use any heavy machinery. 286 00:27:37,718 --> 00:27:39,079 It has to be done by hand. 287 00:27:39,879 --> 00:27:41,718 Gonna need more men. 288 00:27:42,759 --> 00:27:44,078 Four hundred at least. 289 00:27:44,159 --> 00:27:46,599 We'll have to work around the clock. 290 00:27:46,678 --> 00:27:48,366 How deep do you want this tunnel? Six meters? 291 00:27:48,438 --> 00:27:51,358 - Twelve. - Twelve? Why? 292 00:27:51,559 --> 00:27:53,918 For your protection. 293 00:27:53,999 --> 00:27:57,719 At that depth, you'll be shielded from much of the radiation. 294 00:27:58,519 --> 00:28:01,679 The entrance to the tunnel won't be 12 meters below ground. 295 00:28:02,919 --> 00:28:04,719 No. 296 00:28:04,798 --> 00:28:07,558 And we're not 12 meters below ground now. 297 00:28:12,078 --> 00:28:14,839 No. We're not. 298 00:28:17,638 --> 00:28:19,598 We have some equipment here on site. 299 00:28:20,598 --> 00:28:22,559 More will arrive by midnight. 300 00:28:24,039 --> 00:28:25,358 You can start in the morning. 301 00:28:25,439 --> 00:28:27,238 No. We start now. 302 00:28:27,998 --> 00:28:31,638 I don't want my men here one more second than they need to be. 303 00:28:32,878 --> 00:28:36,158 If these worked, you'd be wearing them. 304 00:28:45,918 --> 00:28:47,398 Are they all like that? 305 00:28:48,199 --> 00:28:49,839 They're all like that. 306 00:30:10,158 --> 00:30:11,118 Yes? 307 00:30:11,758 --> 00:30:12,878 What's it up to? 308 00:30:12,959 --> 00:30:14,198 Uh, 50 degrees. 309 00:30:17,998 --> 00:30:18,958 Fuck! 310 00:30:23,318 --> 00:30:24,358 Hey! 311 00:30:25,518 --> 00:30:26,558 Hey, you! 312 00:30:35,719 --> 00:30:37,079 We need fans. 313 00:30:37,158 --> 00:30:38,678 For what purpose? 314 00:30:38,999 --> 00:30:40,438 What do you mean, "For what purpose?" 315 00:30:40,519 --> 00:30:42,238 To dig your fucking tunnel, that's why. 316 00:30:42,318 --> 00:30:44,082 - Who's talking to you? - Whoa, whoa. Comrades. 317 00:30:45,319 --> 00:30:46,679 It's 50 degrees down there. 318 00:30:47,598 --> 00:30:50,519 We can't breathe without the masks, we can't breathe with the masks. 319 00:30:50,598 --> 00:30:53,358 It's like a fucking oven. We need ventilation. 320 00:30:53,438 --> 00:30:56,238 Fans will put dust in the air, the dust will go in your lungs. 321 00:30:56,318 --> 00:30:58,718 I've been breathing dust in my lungs for 20 years. 322 00:30:58,798 --> 00:31:01,478 Not this dust. I'm sorry. 323 00:31:01,558 --> 00:31:03,839 For your own good, no fans. 324 00:31:31,598 --> 00:31:33,838 My name is Ulana Khomyuk. 325 00:31:33,918 --> 00:31:36,638 I'm a nuclear physicist with the Chernobyl Commission. 326 00:31:38,838 --> 00:31:41,198 I want you to tell me everything that happened 327 00:31:41,279 --> 00:31:42,438 on the night of the accident. 328 00:31:44,078 --> 00:31:45,198 Is that all right? 329 00:31:48,078 --> 00:31:49,078 Yes. 330 00:31:51,318 --> 00:31:52,478 I want to tell. 331 00:31:53,638 --> 00:31:54,638 AM right'; 332 00:32:07,438 --> 00:32:09,678 Your official title was? 333 00:32:12,758 --> 00:32:17,518 My name is Leonid Fedorovych Toptunov. 334 00:32:18,398 --> 00:32:23,438 I am the Senior Reactor Control Chief Engineer 335 00:32:23,519 --> 00:32:25,439 at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. 336 00:32:29,358 --> 00:32:31,199 Semen engineer? 337 00:32:33,438 --> 00:32:34,478 How old are you? 338 00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:41,278 I'm 25. 339 00:33:29,798 --> 00:33:31,958 Yes, I'm here, I'm here. I'm... 340 00:33:46,278 --> 00:33:47,638 Have you been here this whole time? 341 00:33:48,278 --> 00:33:49,678 No one said I should leave. 342 00:33:50,558 --> 00:33:51,558 I did. 343 00:33:52,198 --> 00:33:53,438 Thirty minutes, I said! 344 00:33:53,518 --> 00:33:56,358 Well, where have you been? When he's in pain? 345 00:33:56,918 --> 00:33:58,398 When his sores stick to his gown? 346 00:33:58,478 --> 00:33:59,895 When he soils himself five times a night? 347 00:33:59,918 --> 00:34:01,735 I've been looking after him. Where have you been? 348 00:34:01,758 --> 00:34:03,398 I've been in the north and west wing, 349 00:34:03,478 --> 00:34:06,238 where there are dozens of patients from Chernobyl exactly like him. 350 00:34:06,958 --> 00:34:08,535 - It isn't safe for you here. - He's my husband. 351 00:34:08,558 --> 00:34:09,558 Not anymore. 352 00:34:09,638 --> 00:34:11,518 He's something else now. Do you understand? 353 00:34:11,598 --> 00:34:12,838 He's dangerous to you. 354 00:34:14,078 --> 00:34:16,038 He's burned. 355 00:34:16,718 --> 00:34:17,998 Go home. 356 00:34:18,958 --> 00:34:19,958 Please. 357 00:34:23,358 --> 00:34:25,518 It won't take much longer. I, uh... 358 00:34:29,478 --> 00:34:31,038 I don't want him to die alone. 359 00:34:34,638 --> 00:34:36,238 Stay on the other side of the plastic, 360 00:34:38,278 --> 00:34:39,697 or I'll have you removed by security. 361 00:35:36,757 --> 00:35:38,318 - Lyusya? - Yes, my love. 362 00:35:42,078 --> 00:35:43,118 Is it day? 363 00:35:44,518 --> 00:35:46,438 No, it's nighttime now. 364 00:35:50,398 --> 00:35:51,678 I think I had a dream, 365 00:35:52,238 --> 00:35:53,598 it's just gone. 366 00:35:55,798 --> 00:35:56,917 Va sya. 367 00:36:02,758 --> 00:36:04,398 We're going to have a baby. 368 00:36:39,918 --> 00:36:41,038 The fire's out. 369 00:36:43,638 --> 00:36:44,797 It's out, Valera. 370 00:36:46,437 --> 00:36:48,558 The miners are making incredible progress. 371 00:36:49,997 --> 00:36:52,718 They say the whole job will be finished in four weeks. 372 00:36:54,397 --> 00:36:55,357 Four weeks. 373 00:36:56,638 --> 00:36:57,677 Can you believe that? 374 00:37:04,158 --> 00:37:05,637 I know the job isn't over. 375 00:37:07,678 --> 00:37:09,158 But it's the beginning of the end. 376 00:37:14,998 --> 00:37:17,238 I'm sorry to bother you, Deputy Minister, 377 00:37:19,757 --> 00:37:20,717 but it is the miners. 378 00:38:07,077 --> 00:38:08,078 What? 379 00:38:08,518 --> 00:38:10,718 You wouldn't give us fans, it's too hot for clothes. 380 00:38:11,078 --> 00:38:13,494 So we're digging the old way. This is the way our fathers mined. 381 00:38:15,958 --> 00:38:17,377 We're still wearing the fucking hats. 382 00:38:18,278 --> 00:38:19,318 What do you want? 383 00:38:22,317 --> 00:38:24,398 You're not as protected now. 384 00:38:25,118 --> 00:38:26,806 Are you telling me it will make a difference? 385 00:38:32,398 --> 00:38:33,557 When this is over, 386 00:38:34,558 --> 00:38:35,718 will they be looked after? 387 00:38:39,838 --> 00:38:40,837 I don't know. 388 00:38:51,998 --> 00:38:52,958 You don't know. 389 00:39:11,758 --> 00:39:15,718 So the power level jumped from 200 to 400 megawatts? 390 00:39:17,278 --> 00:39:18,277 Yes. 391 00:39:19,318 --> 00:39:20,398 Very fast. 392 00:39:22,117 --> 00:39:24,997 Why didn't you initiate an emergency shutdown? 393 00:39:25,517 --> 00:39:27,717 Why didn't you press the AZ-5 button? 394 00:39:29,478 --> 00:39:30,438 We did. 395 00:39:31,638 --> 00:39:34,358 I reported the increase to Akimov, 396 00:39:34,437 --> 00:39:35,837 and he pressed the button. 397 00:39:37,438 --> 00:39:39,718 Leonid, that's... That's not possible. 398 00:39:41,877 --> 00:39:42,878 He did. 399 00:39:43,878 --> 00:39:45,078 I swear. 400 00:39:46,078 --> 00:39:47,438 I saw him do it. 401 00:39:51,197 --> 00:39:53,198 And that's when it exploded. 402 00:39:55,918 --> 00:39:56,878 KHOMYUK'. What'? 403 00:40:10,958 --> 00:40:11,918 KHOMYUKI Um... 404 00:40:13,198 --> 00:40:14,558 [mm. 405 00:40:14,637 --> 00:40:15,597 Twenty-seven. 406 00:40:30,277 --> 00:40:33,518 I pressed it, before the explosion. 407 00:40:33,997 --> 00:40:35,118 Before. 408 00:40:37,998 --> 00:40:39,238 But why? 409 00:40:40,437 --> 00:40:41,637 Why would that happen? 410 00:40:43,758 --> 00:40:46,518 I shut it down. I pressed AZ-5. 411 00:40:52,558 --> 00:40:53,918 Thank you, Comrade Akimov. 412 00:40:59,038 --> 00:41:00,478 I did everything right. 413 00:41:02,438 --> 00:41:03,798 I did everything right. 414 00:41:34,037 --> 00:41:35,038 Get out. 415 00:41:35,837 --> 00:41:37,077 Get out. Get out of here. 416 00:41:37,158 --> 00:41:39,397 Let me go! Let me go! 417 00:41:39,478 --> 00:41:41,678 Stop it! Stop it! 418 00:41:44,798 --> 00:41:47,317 You let her in that room? Inside the plastic, touching him? 419 00:41:47,398 --> 00:41:48,717 Did you know she's pregnant? 420 00:41:48,798 --> 00:41:49,918 It's not true! 421 00:41:49,998 --> 00:41:51,157 What have you done? 422 00:41:51,238 --> 00:41:53,397 What kind of a place is this? Where is her protection? 423 00:41:53,478 --> 00:41:55,518 Do you have any idea what you're dealing with? 424 00:41:55,597 --> 00:41:57,318 - Of course, I do. Please, I do not... - No. 425 00:41:58,157 --> 00:41:59,883 - People are going to hear about this. - Wait. 426 00:42:00,077 --> 00:42:01,757 People are going to hear. Do you understand? 427 00:42:01,838 --> 00:42:02,837 Everyone is going to hear. 428 00:42:03,637 --> 00:42:05,078 What is everyone gonna hear? 429 00:42:11,597 --> 00:42:13,517 I am with the official Chernobyl Commission. 430 00:42:13,598 --> 00:42:15,717 I've been authorized by Valery Legasov. 431 00:42:15,918 --> 00:42:16,878 You can check this. 432 00:42:16,957 --> 00:42:18,607 - My name is Ulana... - We know who you are. 433 00:42:21,797 --> 00:42:23,317 What is everyone gonna hear? 434 00:42:43,837 --> 00:42:44,917 You have your notes? 435 00:42:45,637 --> 00:42:46,678 Yes. 436 00:42:49,518 --> 00:42:51,157 Arrested. 437 00:42:51,237 --> 00:42:53,398 What? Why? 438 00:42:53,477 --> 00:42:54,598 I don't know. 439 00:42:56,278 --> 00:42:57,317 Was it... 440 00:42:58,357 --> 00:42:59,317 Of course it was. 441 00:43:01,117 --> 00:43:02,158 I'm working on it. 442 00:43:02,757 --> 00:43:04,758 - Boris... - |'m working on it. 443 00:43:06,118 --> 00:43:07,268 What more do you want from me? 444 00:43:08,198 --> 00:43:09,197 Fix your tie. 445 00:43:15,957 --> 00:43:17,077 They'll see you now. 446 00:43:27,077 --> 00:43:30,237 After thousands of sorties, our brave helicopter crews 447 00:43:30,317 --> 00:43:32,437 successfully extinguished the fire. 448 00:43:32,517 --> 00:43:34,278 The miners are working heroically to ensure 449 00:43:34,357 --> 00:43:36,718 that the fuel does not reach the groundwater. 450 00:43:36,797 --> 00:43:40,357 And furthermore, there's no longer a threat of additional explosion. 451 00:43:41,037 --> 00:43:44,678 The Soviet people have faced the challenge and risen to the task, 452 00:43:45,037 --> 00:43:47,357 and they and everyone in this room are to be commended. 453 00:43:52,557 --> 00:43:54,917 Lastly, Professor Legasov and I have been vigilant 454 00:43:54,997 --> 00:43:57,237 to protect the security interests of the State. 455 00:43:57,558 --> 00:43:59,877 And since the unfortunate release of information 456 00:43:59,957 --> 00:44:01,637 directly following the accident, 457 00:44:01,717 --> 00:44:03,677 we believe that there has been no further lapse. 458 00:44:04,197 --> 00:44:05,398 Comrade Charkov, 459 00:44:06,837 --> 00:44:09,997 we hope we have lived up to the highest standards of the KGB. 460 00:44:10,397 --> 00:44:11,438 You have. 461 00:44:12,197 --> 00:44:13,198 SHCHERBINAI Thank you. 462 00:44:14,517 --> 00:44:18,877 Professor Legasov will now speak about the work that remains. 463 00:44:20,797 --> 00:44:21,877 Thank you. 464 00:44:25,997 --> 00:44:28,677 Deputy Chairman Shcherbina has given you the good news, 465 00:44:28,757 --> 00:44:29,997 and it is good. 466 00:44:30,758 --> 00:44:32,797 The immediate danger is over. 467 00:44:33,358 --> 00:44:35,558 Now, I'm afraid, a long war must begin. 468 00:44:37,677 --> 00:44:40,518 There is an enormous amount of radioactive debris 469 00:44:40,597 --> 00:44:42,237 and contamination spread out across a zone 470 00:44:42,317 --> 00:44:44,677 of approximately 2,600-square kilometers. 471 00:44:44,957 --> 00:44:48,797 This entire region must be completely evacuated. 472 00:44:50,197 --> 00:44:53,278 We must go to every town, every village to ensure this. 473 00:44:54,517 --> 00:44:59,278 And all animals still surviving within the zone, 474 00:44:59,357 --> 00:45:01,997 whether domesticated or wild, 475 00:45:02,077 --> 00:45:06,317 must be presumed contaminated and will have to be destroyed 476 00:45:06,397 --> 00:45:08,957 to prevent the spread of radiation and disease. 477 00:45:10,278 --> 00:45:12,797 In the immediate area surrounding Chernobyl, 478 00:45:12,878 --> 00:45:18,117 uh, every rock, every tree, the very ground itself, 479 00:45:18,197 --> 00:45:21,677 has absorbed a dangerous amount of radionuclides, 480 00:45:21,757 --> 00:45:24,997 which will be carried by the wind and the rain if left exposed. 481 00:45:25,078 --> 00:45:27,157 So we will have to raze entire forests. 482 00:45:27,237 --> 00:45:29,357 We will have to rip up the top layer of earth 483 00:45:29,437 --> 00:45:30,797 and bury it under itself, 484 00:45:30,877 --> 00:45:33,718 approximately, 100 square kilometers. 485 00:45:35,918 --> 00:45:39,358 Um, and finally, we will need to construct 486 00:45:39,437 --> 00:45:43,598 a containment structure around the power plant itself, 487 00:45:43,677 --> 00:45:46,478 which will, of course, still be extremely... 488 00:45:49,758 --> 00:45:51,437 There will be deaths. 489 00:45:54,957 --> 00:45:56,638 What amount of time, 490 00:45:56,717 --> 00:45:58,398 and how many men do you require? 491 00:45:58,477 --> 00:46:01,717 We expect this liquidation effort to take three years 492 00:46:01,797 --> 00:46:04,277 and approximately 750,000 men, 493 00:46:04,357 --> 00:46:08,037 including a number of doctors and structural engineers. 494 00:46:09,717 --> 00:46:10,957 How many deaths? 495 00:46:12,077 --> 00:46:13,277 Thousands. 496 00:46:14,038 --> 00:46:15,398 Perhaps tens of thousands. 497 00:46:23,437 --> 00:46:24,397 Begin at once. 498 00:46:30,517 --> 00:46:32,397 - Comrade Charkov. - Valery! 499 00:46:34,437 --> 00:46:35,477 Yes, Professor? 500 00:46:36,678 --> 00:46:39,437 My associate was arrested last night. 501 00:46:39,958 --> 00:46:40,918 Oh? 502 00:46:41,758 --> 00:46:42,957 I mean no disrespect, 503 00:46:43,037 --> 00:46:44,917 but I was wondering if you could tell me why. 504 00:46:44,997 --> 00:46:46,958 I assure you, I don't know who you're talking about. 505 00:46:47,037 --> 00:46:48,878 She was arrested by the KGB. 506 00:46:49,997 --> 00:46:52,757 You are the first deputy chairman of the KGB. 507 00:46:53,197 --> 00:46:54,157 I am. 508 00:46:54,517 --> 00:46:56,997 That's why I don't have to bother with arresting people anymore. 509 00:46:57,077 --> 00:46:59,357 But you are bothering with having us followed. 510 00:47:00,837 --> 00:47:03,437 I think the deputy chairman is busy. 511 00:47:03,517 --> 00:47:05,397 No, no. It's perfectly understandable. 512 00:47:05,717 --> 00:47:08,277 Comrade, I know you've heard the stories about us. 513 00:47:09,318 --> 00:47:11,518 When I hear them, even I am shocked. 514 00:47:11,597 --> 00:47:13,477 But we are not what people say. 515 00:47:13,677 --> 00:47:15,677 Yes, people are following you. 516 00:47:16,318 --> 00:47:17,877 People are following those people. 517 00:47:18,757 --> 00:47:19,757 You see them? 518 00:47:22,198 --> 00:47:23,397 They follow me. 519 00:47:24,118 --> 00:47:27,397 The KGB is a circle of accountability. 520 00:47:27,717 --> 00:47:29,157 Nothing more. 521 00:47:29,317 --> 00:47:30,757 You know the work we're doing here. 522 00:47:32,797 --> 00:47:34,077 You really don't trust us? 523 00:47:34,157 --> 00:47:35,477 Of course, I do. 524 00:47:35,957 --> 00:47:37,757 But you know the old Russian proverb. 525 00:47:38,557 --> 00:47:39,957 "Trust but verify." 526 00:47:42,477 --> 00:47:45,877 And the Americans think that Ronald Reagan thought that up. 527 00:47:45,957 --> 00:47:46,957 Can you imagine? 528 00:47:48,117 --> 00:47:49,677 It was very nice speaking with you. 529 00:47:50,917 --> 00:47:52,077 I need her. 530 00:47:54,677 --> 00:47:57,038 So you will be accountable for her? 531 00:48:01,477 --> 00:48:02,517 Then it's done. 532 00:48:03,957 --> 00:48:05,797 - Her name is... - I know who she is. 533 00:48:06,837 --> 00:48:08,117 Good day, Professor. 534 00:48:17,997 --> 00:48:20,917 Well, that went surprisingly well. 535 00:48:21,717 --> 00:48:23,317 You came off like a naive idiot. 536 00:48:24,957 --> 00:48:27,117 And naive idiots are not a threat. 537 00:48:42,477 --> 00:48:44,358 I'll come back when the paperwork's complete. 538 00:48:52,397 --> 00:48:53,477 Are you all right? 539 00:48:53,557 --> 00:48:54,717 They didn't hurt me. 540 00:48:56,877 --> 00:48:59,197 They let a pregnant woman into a room with a... 541 00:48:59,357 --> 00:49:01,237 It doesn't matter. 542 00:49:02,477 --> 00:49:04,157 They were stupid. I was stupid. 543 00:49:06,397 --> 00:49:07,678 Dyatlov won't talk to me. 544 00:49:09,397 --> 00:49:11,637 Akimov, yes, Toptunov, yes, but... 545 00:49:13,757 --> 00:49:14,877 Valery, 546 00:49:15,437 --> 00:49:16,517 Akimov... 547 00:49:17,877 --> 00:49:19,117 His face was gone. 548 00:49:22,357 --> 00:49:23,517 You want to stop? 549 00:49:25,717 --> 00:49:27,397 Is that a choice I even have? 550 00:49:35,877 --> 00:49:38,917 Do you think the fuel will actually melt through the concrete pad? 551 00:49:38,997 --> 00:49:42,077 I don't know. A 40% chance, maybe. 552 00:49:45,157 --> 00:49:46,957 I said 50. 553 00:49:47,917 --> 00:49:49,957 Either way, the numbers mean the same thing. 554 00:49:50,037 --> 00:49:51,077 "Maybe." 555 00:49:54,237 --> 00:49:56,637 Maybe the core will melt through to the groundwater. 556 00:49:57,557 --> 00:49:59,717 Maybe the miners who I've told to dig under the reactor 557 00:49:59,797 --> 00:50:01,397 will save millions of lives. 558 00:50:03,277 --> 00:50:04,837 Maybe I'm killing them for nothing. 559 00:50:08,917 --> 00:50:10,517 I don't want to do this anymore. 560 00:50:12,397 --> 00:50:13,517 I want to stop. 561 00:50:15,477 --> 00:50:16,517 But I can't. 562 00:50:18,277 --> 00:50:20,637 I don't think you have a choice any more than I do. 563 00:50:22,557 --> 00:50:25,237 I think, despite the stupidity, 564 00:50:25,837 --> 00:50:27,597 the lies, even this, 565 00:50:28,517 --> 00:50:29,757 you are compelled. 566 00:50:30,717 --> 00:50:32,997 The problem has been assigned, and you will stop at nothing 567 00:50:33,077 --> 00:50:34,317 until you find an answer. 568 00:50:34,397 --> 00:50:36,917 Because that is who you are. 569 00:50:39,077 --> 00:50:40,317 A lunatic, then. 570 00:50:42,797 --> 00:50:43,757 A scientist. 571 00:51:05,117 --> 00:51:07,277 Did you know that they were running a safety test? 572 00:51:09,077 --> 00:51:10,037 Yeah. 573 00:51:10,117 --> 00:51:11,197 There's something else. 574 00:51:12,997 --> 00:51:16,037 Akimov says they shut the reactor down, 575 00:51:16,117 --> 00:51:17,957 and Toptunov confirms it. 576 00:51:18,597 --> 00:51:19,717 They pressed AZ-5. 577 00:51:19,997 --> 00:51:21,637 Apparently not soon enough. 578 00:51:22,117 --> 00:51:23,157 No. 579 00:51:23,757 --> 00:51:27,397 They say Akimov pressed AZ-5, 580 00:51:28,237 --> 00:51:30,117 and then the reactor exploded. 581 00:51:32,357 --> 00:51:34,997 If it had been just one of them, I would have put it under 582 00:51:35,077 --> 00:51:37,837 faulty memory or delusion even, 583 00:51:37,917 --> 00:51:40,517 but they both agreed. They were adamant. 584 00:51:44,957 --> 00:51:45,997 Comrade? 585 00:51:48,917 --> 00:51:49,957 Do you think it's possible? 586 00:51:50,037 --> 00:51:51,557 I think it makes no sense. I... 587 00:51:52,277 --> 00:51:55,357 I think it's what I would say if I was trying to cover my own mistakes. 588 00:51:55,956 --> 00:51:56,916 But? 589 00:51:58,117 --> 00:51:59,237 I believe them. 590 00:52:01,957 --> 00:52:03,317 Then you should pursue it. 591 00:52:03,916 --> 00:52:06,437 We have to pursue every possibility, 592 00:52:07,277 --> 00:52:09,037 no matter how unlikely, 593 00:52:09,837 --> 00:52:12,077 no matter what or who's to blame. 594 00:52:14,277 --> 00:52:17,397 I'll go back to the hospital and re-interview Akimov and Toptunov. 595 00:52:20,757 --> 00:52:21,797 If they're still awake. 596 00:52:23,517 --> 00:52:24,517 They're not. 597 00:52:26,757 --> 00:52:27,717 Khomyuk.