Who was the chief engineer at Chernobyl?
Who was the chief engineer at Chernobyl?
Leonid Fedorovych Toptunov (Ukrainian: Леонід Федорович Топтунов, Russian: Леонид Фёдорович Топтунов; 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, 26 April 1986.
Did Dyatlov know the core exploded?
As he walks out of his office for a breath of air, he is able to see graphite on the terrace below the reactor chamber. It is a sign that the atomic core has in fact exploded but Dyatlov still refuses to accept it even though he knows the reality in his heart and mind.
What part did Paul Ritter play in Chernobyl?
He also played ill-fated nuclear engineer Anatoly Dyatlov in the Emmy-winning HBO drama ‘Chernobyl’; the wizard Eldred Worple in ‘Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince’; and a devious political operative in the James Bond film “Quantum of Solace.”
Who was to blame for the Chernobyl accident?
But who was to blame? Viktor Bryukhanov was officially held responsible for what happened at Chernobyl. He had helped to build and run the plant, and played a pivotal role in how the disaster was managed in the aftermath of the reactor explosion. Here’s more about Viktor Bryukhanov.
Did any of the Chernobyl engineers survive?
The three men would live longer than a few weeks and none would succumb to ARS, as modern myth would have you believe. As of 2015, it was reported that two of the men were still alive and still working within the industry. The third man, Boris Baranov, passed away in 2005 of a heart attack.
Is the core of Chernobyl still hot?
It is no longer ‘melting’, but parts of it are still apparently hot enough for the uranium atoms to fission more than expected, spewing out neutrons that break more uranium atoms apart.
