There was no smoke or fire, just fumes coming from the damaged part. According to Sources: Akimov suffered severe Leg Burns and the high amount of radiation caused it face to slowly dissolve away. Also, emotions and mood at that time are shown quite precisely, both among the personnel and the authorities. A member of. The actor playing Alexander Akimov, for instance, was never even put in makeup to depict the loss of his face. Many of the liquidators have since suffered from severe health problemssome of which were fatal. 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. According to Sources: Akimov suffered severe Leg Burns and the high amount of radiation caused it face to slowly dissolve away. "I saw other colleagues who worked that night. He was exposed to a lethal dose of radiation and died two weeks after the explosion. Select it and press Ctrl+Enter, Yegor Moskvitin reviews a poignant new depiction of the Soviet disaster, I was there, and I dont want to watch this anymore, A journalist in Baltimore shows HBO's Chernobyl to his stepfather and discovers that he was part of the USSR's military cleanup, The widow of a Chernobyl engineer remembers her husband and describes returning to work at the power plant after the 1986 nuclear accident. A member of staff at the plant . He was the one who refused to continue with the test. During his studies of the reactor documentation, he mentioned to his friend, Sasha Korol, that control rods may, in certain circumstances, accelerate rather than slow the reaction. "I saw the damage at reactor No. 0000018917 00000 n "A thin stream the firemen poured probably evaporated before it even reached reactor.". 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. Unfortunately, it takes these tragic events to impress this on us.[6]. 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. 9:25 is very likely Khodemchuk, and 9:29 is Davletbayev. How would I find another job after that?". The test was completed and the AZ-5 button was pressed to shut the reactor down. 4. The dogs have been driven out of the woods by the wild wolves that habitat the area. He said, A physician deals with life and death every day. startxref 0000011604 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. 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. 4s emergency safety systems and its power-regulating system. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. [3] Due to a design flaw, the descending control rods momentarily accelerated the nuclear reaction and caused the reactor to explode. "However, the technological aspects have some discrepancies which may not exactly [be] lies, but merely fiction," he adds. 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]. Radioecologist Sergey Gaschak explained, Animals dont seem to sense radiation and will occupy an area regardless of the radiation condition.[10]. Akimov-- are we cooling the reactor core? 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. International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group, Last edited on 13 February 2023, at 00:49, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering, INSAG-7 The Chernobyl Accident: Updating of INSAG-1, "Presidential Decree No. How would I find another job after that?". "Now you look like a coal minister." It has nothing to do with reality. "It was our job," says Oleksiy Ananenko, who was on shift at the time, while the others had been ordered in by their manager. DYATLOV (to the room) This is an emergency. However, the deputy chief engineer of the power plant Anatoly Dyatlov ordered to proceed with the tests. The School in Sperizh'e pictured in 2016. DYATLOV We know. "The Chernobyl catastrophe is depicted in a very powerful way, as a global catastrophe that absorbed huge numbers of people. The information is all on the level of 'he said, she said'. HWr6'/u;6;vL&uJIZ$U|}b5bFB(D9/Wa"wFdezT$~0An0:1z34Pd6:8xk67muc4AUW['n|1yb-,{R;&]<47LVSIqNpsiw8$<7[sA{M`D)Q|i>v`H;h\ul) #@rGF0#?uUs$ [2_\qM/0[KW.jPqA^|)>FCNM]-` e?5"`JjHLkl}o! .] That night was important because the system tests were taking place. The The judges of the show trial claim one year later: The engineers are at fault who started operation of the reactor in 1983, despite not all safety tests having been passed. In that moment, standing where Dyatlov, and [Nikolai] Fomin, and [Viktor] Bryukhanov stood it was very chilling. Some of the stories, however, only seem like they were cooked up in a Hollywood screenwriters room. I always wonder why toptinov called him sasha? Can Nigeria's election result be overturned? Arriving at work that morning, Mr Breus says he did not see any fire. Hundreds of people died directly after the explosion, thousands have been injured, and millions suffer long-term health problems. Aleksandr Akimov was born on 6 May 1953 in Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR (Republic of the Soviet Union . During the evening of April 25, engineers made several fatal mistakes, including disconnecting Reactor No. Menu. Once more his temperature increases and then he falls into coma. "The miners are shown as tough guys who are not afraid of anything, but not the power plant workers.". Aleksandr Akimov and Leonid Toptunov did their best at saving the situation. 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, 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, Canadian grandma helps police snag phone scammer, The children left behind in Cuba's exodus. He had health problems afterwards.". Press J to jump to the feed. He was portrayed by actor Aleksandr Khoroshko in the 2004 Zero Hour television series, by Alex Lowe in the 2006 BBC production Surviving Disaster: Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster[6] and by Sam Troughton in the 2019 HBO miniseries Chernobyl. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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. [3][page needed] At some point he gave deathbed confessions stating repeatedly: I did everything correctly. 0000001084 00000 n Their skin had a bright red colour. Undeservedly condemned, professionally slandered. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. 0 Tel: +38 063 58 16 661E-mail: [emailprotected], Exciting private tours to Chernobyl and Pripyat. 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. It was important to me that people understood what was happening to these men, because they suffered in terrible ways, Mazin told The Chernobyl Podcast. I can guarantee that nothing other than necrosis of the skin took place. 0000008353 00000 n 2023 BBC. But I have to ask about his legs. Its as if the showrunners saw it all happen with their own eyes. August 25, 2022 askans. 43 0 obj<>stream His famous quote We did everything correctly has been used in the Chernobyl series by HBO. 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. endstream endobj 27 0 obj<>stream Press J to jump to the feed. [4] He worked with Akimov to manually open water valves in an attempt to increase water supply to the reactor, during which time they began to experience symptoms of acute radiation syndrome. So from that Im assuming those could be pretty true about him, especially skin being so delicate because of the radiation. He points to a few inaccuracies in the TV portrayal. He was entirely black, due to skin necrosis, but I never read anywhere that he had no face left, Jesus Christ he mummified, that sounds horrific. 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 He had health problems afterwards.". 0000000756 00000 n https://i.imgur.com/gfghbDQ.jpg. 0000005085 00000 n The actor playing Alexander Akimov, for instance, was never even put in makeup to depict the loss of his face. Months after the Chernobyl disaster, the radioactivity had spread to Galsjo Forest in Sweden. They later died in hospital in Moscow.". Akimov had 100% of his skin burnt by radiation. I also heard that his otopsy file is closed to the public and is only accessible with specific permission. "The operators were afraid of him," Mr Breus agrees. The Chernobyl cases have taught us that much needed (and still needs) to be improved in the clinical management of ARS in accident sit-uations generally complicated by radiation injury to the skin and injuries that are not radia-tion related. The Emmy-winning HBO mini-series "Chernobyl," which is a dramatized account of the 1986 nuclear power plant disaster, has rekindled conversation about the accident, its subsequent cleanup and the long-term impacts on people living near the power plant. He's growing weaker, wheezes, can hardly talk anymore. You could see the equipment and pumps exposed. Who would applaud that?". [11] They were found guilty of gross violation of safety regulations which led to an explosion. ", Most of the firefighters were pouring water on the damaged reactor, he says. Founder of Crime Viral community since 2015. Their faces were only partially covered by respirators, so they could speak to each other, they were not offered a reward, and they were not clapped on their successful return. I think you mean Aleksandr Akimov at Chernobyl, who was the shift supervisor on the night of the disaster. 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. Aleksandr Akimov was born on 6 May 1953 in Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR (Republic of the Soviet Union). Also, emotions and mood at that time are shown quite precisely, both among the personnel and the authorities. It's now a museum. It would have eventually boiled . [4], While the initial Soviet investigation put almost all the blame on the operators and management, later findings by the IAEA found that the reactor design and how the operators were informed of safety information was more significant. He was 33 at that time. The puppies are believed to be descendants of the pet dogs that were left behind by their owners; residents were granted only a few hours notice before they were evacuated and advised to only take vital personal belongings and a certain amount of food. Warning: This story contains plot details from the miniseries. See a comparison with a very old photo of Stolyarchuk: https://bit.ly/3wBuX2S Pay attention to the "indentation" of the line of his moustache on the right side of the face. In 2014, Michael Donnelly, chairman of Chernobyl Childrens Appeal, said, These children are forced to suffer through no fault of their own. [3] The operators attempted to perform a rundown test before scheduled routine maintenance, during which reactor 4 exploded. While viewers may have difficulty grasping the scale of the war being waged inside the Exclusion Zone, its impossible to miss the human sacrifices it required. 4 reactor, and operator Leonid Toptunov, who both feature prominently in the series. Press J to jump to the feed. 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. Once she sees how Akimov is tearing entire strains of his moustache out "Don't worry", he says, "it doesn't hurt. 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. Abagian recalled, Children were running in the streets; people were hanging laundered linen out to dry. On the night of 26 April 1986, Leonid Toptunov was working in the control room at the reactor control panel, with Aleksandr Akimov. "I've never heard there was a crowd of people who went to watch the fire at night," he says. He died of radiation sickness two weeks after the accident at the age of 33. Although he could walk, his parents could see he had strange skin damage. The scene where Dr. Khomyuk is jailed by the KGB was filmed in Vilnius at a real former KGB prison.