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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:17,021 --> 00:00:18,979 (footsteps walking) 2 00:00:19,062 --> 00:00:22,646 (door opens, closes) 3 00:00:22,730 --> 00:00:24,813 (walking footsteps) 4 00:00:29,396 --> 00:00:31,979 -(glass clinking) -(liquid pouring) 5 00:00:33,271 --> 00:00:35,896 (tape rewinding) 6 00:00:38,021 --> 00:00:39,813 (tape recorder clicks off) 7 00:00:42,521 --> 00:00:46,062 Man (recorded voice): What is the cost of lies? 8 00:00:46,146 --> 00:00:49,021 It's not that we'll mistake them for the truth. 9 00:00:49,104 --> 00:00:52,979 The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, 10 00:00:53,062 --> 00:00:56,104 then we no longer recognize the truth at all. 11 00:00:57,605 --> 00:00:59,271 What can we do then? 12 00:00:59,354 --> 00:01:02,021 What else is left but to abandon even the hope of truth 13 00:01:02,104 --> 00:01:06,688 and content ourselves instead with stories? 14 00:01:06,771 --> 00:01:10,896 In these stories, it doesn't matter who the heroes are. 15 00:01:10,979 --> 00:01:14,521 All we want to know is: who is to blame? 16 00:01:14,605 --> 00:01:17,187 In this story, it was Anatoly Dyatlov. 17 00:01:17,271 --> 00:01:18,979 He was the best choice. 18 00:01:19,062 --> 00:01:21,062 An arrogant, unpleasant man, 19 00:01:21,146 --> 00:01:24,354 he ran the room that night, he gave the orders... 20 00:01:24,438 --> 00:01:26,354 and no friends. 21 00:01:26,438 --> 00:01:30,104 Or, at least, not important ones. 22 00:01:31,563 --> 00:01:35,438 And now Dyatlov will spend the next ten years 23 00:01:35,521 --> 00:01:37,563 in a prison labor camp. 24 00:01:37,646 --> 00:01:41,021 Of course, that sentence is doubly unfair. 25 00:01:42,479 --> 00:01:46,187 There were far greater criminals than him at work. 26 00:01:47,979 --> 00:01:50,896 And as for what Dyatlov did do, 27 00:01:50,979 --> 00:01:53,354 the man doesn't deserve prison. 28 00:01:54,521 --> 00:01:57,354 He deserves death. 29 00:01:58,813 --> 00:02:00,146 (recorder clicks) 30 00:02:00,229 --> 00:02:01,688 (clears throat) 31 00:02:10,187 --> 00:02:15,104 But instead, ten years for "criminal mismanagement." 32 00:02:15,187 --> 00:02:17,187 What does that mean? 33 00:02:17,271 --> 00:02:21,021 No one knows. It doesn't matter. 34 00:02:23,146 --> 00:02:26,688 What does matter is that, to them, 35 00:02:26,771 --> 00:02:28,979 justice was done. 36 00:02:29,062 --> 00:02:32,646 Because, you see, to them 37 00:02:32,730 --> 00:02:36,438 a just world is a sane world. 38 00:02:38,896 --> 00:02:41,896 There was nothing sane about Chernobyl. 39 00:02:43,605 --> 00:02:45,771 What happened there, what happened after, 40 00:02:45,855 --> 00:02:49,187 even the good we did, all of it... 41 00:02:50,646 --> 00:02:55,187 all of it... madness. 42 00:02:59,646 --> 00:03:03,730 Well, I've given you everything I know. 43 00:03:05,730 --> 00:03:08,271 They'll deny it, of course. 44 00:03:08,354 --> 00:03:10,104 They always do. 45 00:03:15,521 --> 00:03:17,937 I know you'll try your best. 46 00:03:26,271 --> 00:03:28,396 (tape rewinding) 47 00:04:12,479 --> 00:04:15,813 ♪ ♪ 48 00:04:51,229 --> 00:04:53,354 ♪ ♪ 49 00:05:13,187 --> 00:05:14,937 (sighs) 50 00:05:21,521 --> 00:05:25,062 (door opens, closes) 51 00:05:38,521 --> 00:05:40,855 (ticking) 52 00:05:45,396 --> 00:05:48,937 ♪ ♪ 53 00:05:53,605 --> 00:05:55,771 (ticking) 54 00:06:03,937 --> 00:06:08,021 (furniture scraping floor) 55 00:06:08,104 --> 00:06:10,187 (ticking) 56 00:06:10,271 --> 00:06:13,187 (furniture clatters) 57 00:06:13,271 --> 00:06:15,937 (rope creaking) 58 00:06:42,813 --> 00:06:46,271 (woman vomits, coughs) 59 00:06:47,354 --> 00:06:49,479 (woman groans, pants) 60 00:06:52,730 --> 00:06:54,979 (toilet flushing) 61 00:07:04,229 --> 00:07:08,187 (snoring softly) 62 00:07:37,271 --> 00:07:40,479 -(distant explosion) -(gasps) 63 00:07:41,146 --> 00:07:42,646 Man: Lyudmilla? 64 00:07:42,730 --> 00:07:46,229 (dogs barking outside) 65 00:07:57,021 --> 00:08:00,354 ♪ ♪ 66 00:08:00,438 --> 00:08:02,563 (barking continuing) 67 00:08:04,813 --> 00:08:06,937 (debris swishing) 68 00:08:07,563 --> 00:08:09,855 Man (distant, muffled voice): Comrade Dyatlov! 69 00:08:13,271 --> 00:08:17,396 Comrade Dyatlov! Comrade Dyatlov! 70 00:08:19,354 --> 00:08:21,688 ♪ ♪ 71 00:08:21,771 --> 00:08:24,646 (shouting): Comrade Dyatlov! Comrade Dyatlov! 72 00:08:24,730 --> 00:08:27,438 -(alarms blaring) -What just happened? 73 00:08:27,521 --> 00:08:30,605 -I don't know. -(alarms blaring, buzzing) 74 00:08:30,688 --> 00:08:32,896 There's a fire in the turbine hall. 75 00:08:34,354 --> 00:08:35,771 The turbine hall. 76 00:08:36,855 --> 00:08:39,896 The control system tank. Hydrogen. 77 00:08:39,979 --> 00:08:41,937 You and Toptunov, you morons blew the tank! 78 00:08:42,021 --> 00:08:44,271 -No, that's not-- -This is an emergency. 79 00:08:44,354 --> 00:08:46,313 Everyone stay calm. Our first priority is-- 80 00:08:46,396 --> 00:08:47,855 -It's exploded! -We know. 81 00:08:47,937 --> 00:08:49,396 Akimov, are we cooling the reactor core? 82 00:08:49,479 --> 00:08:51,313 We shut it down, but the control rods are still active. 83 00:08:51,396 --> 00:08:53,187 They're not all the way in, I disengaged the clutch. 84 00:08:53,271 --> 00:08:55,855 Try and disconnect the servos from the standby console. 85 00:08:55,937 --> 00:08:57,354 You two, get the backup pumps running. 86 00:08:57,438 --> 00:08:59,146 We need water moving through the core. 87 00:08:59,229 --> 00:09:02,187 -That is all that matters. -There is no core. 88 00:09:02,271 --> 00:09:04,605 It exploded, the core exploded. 89 00:09:04,688 --> 00:09:06,813 (alarms blaring, buzzing) 90 00:09:08,104 --> 00:09:10,271 He's in shock. Get him out of here. 91 00:09:10,354 --> 00:09:11,605 The lid is off! 92 00:09:11,688 --> 00:09:13,479 The stack is burning. I saw it. 93 00:09:13,563 --> 00:09:16,438 You're confused. RBMK reactor cores don't explode. 94 00:09:16,521 --> 00:09:17,855 -Akimov... -(whispers): Sasha. 95 00:09:17,937 --> 00:09:19,146 Don't worry, we did everything right. 96 00:09:19,229 --> 00:09:21,187 Something... something strange has happened. 97 00:09:21,271 --> 00:09:23,396 -Do you taste metal? -Akimov! 98 00:09:23,479 --> 00:09:26,396 Comrade Perevozschenko, what you're saying is physically impossible. 99 00:09:26,479 --> 00:09:29,813 The core can't explode. It has to be the tank. 100 00:09:30,479 --> 00:09:32,187 We're wasting time. Let's go. 101 00:09:32,271 --> 00:09:35,062 Get the hydrogen out of the generators and pump water into the core. 102 00:09:35,146 --> 00:09:39,313 -What about the fire? -Call the fire brigade. 103 00:09:39,396 --> 00:09:42,354 (alarms blaring, buzzing) 104 00:09:47,730 --> 00:09:50,396 (distant alarm blaring) 105 00:09:50,479 --> 00:09:53,146 (footsteps crunching glass) 106 00:10:01,979 --> 00:10:06,146 (wind whistling) 107 00:10:06,229 --> 00:10:08,354 ♪ ♪ 108 00:10:14,521 --> 00:10:17,521 (distant alarms continue blaring) 109 00:10:21,479 --> 00:10:23,229 ♪ ♪ 110 00:10:29,688 --> 00:10:31,813 ♪ ♪ 111 00:10:39,688 --> 00:10:41,271 (loud tone drones) 112 00:10:41,354 --> 00:10:43,521 (voices over phone speaking Russian) 113 00:11:01,479 --> 00:11:03,563 (loud tone drones) 114 00:11:14,229 --> 00:11:15,479 (loud tone drones) 115 00:11:15,563 --> 00:11:17,354 You're not on call tonight. 116 00:11:17,438 --> 00:11:19,521 Man: They're bringing everybody in, military and civil. 117 00:11:19,605 --> 00:11:23,646 Pripyat, Polesskoe, Kiev. 118 00:11:23,730 --> 00:11:25,605 This is a big one. 119 00:11:26,563 --> 00:11:29,229 But it doesn't look right, the color. 120 00:11:29,313 --> 00:11:32,855 Pravik says he thinks they're shining floodlights or something. 121 00:11:32,937 --> 00:11:34,313 And what if there are chemicals? 122 00:11:34,396 --> 00:11:36,730 (chuckles): Chemicals? 123 00:11:37,771 --> 00:11:39,313 The problem's the roof. 124 00:11:39,396 --> 00:11:42,187 It's covered in tar, so it's gonna burn all night, 125 00:11:42,271 --> 00:11:44,855 and it'll stink like hell. That's it. 126 00:11:44,937 --> 00:11:46,771 That's the worst of it. 127 00:11:48,730 --> 00:11:50,021 Go back to bed. 128 00:11:50,104 --> 00:11:53,438 (door opens, closes) 129 00:11:56,563 --> 00:11:58,813 (alarms blaring) 130 00:12:18,771 --> 00:12:21,271 (muffled clattering above) 131 00:12:25,937 --> 00:12:28,855 -Is it war? -Where's the dosimeter? 132 00:12:28,937 --> 00:12:32,021 Here... Here. 133 00:12:33,187 --> 00:12:35,937 (debris clattering) 134 00:12:37,813 --> 00:12:39,479 Are they bombing? 135 00:12:40,146 --> 00:12:42,021 (dosimeter beeps) 136 00:12:42,104 --> 00:12:45,062 What the fuck is this? It's 3.6 roentgen. 137 00:12:45,146 --> 00:12:47,688 That's as high as it goes. The good one's locked in a safe. 138 00:12:47,771 --> 00:12:49,187 I don't have a key. 139 00:12:49,271 --> 00:12:53,521 Valera... your face. 140 00:12:55,021 --> 00:12:56,396 Come on. 141 00:12:56,479 --> 00:12:59,354 I'm going to find Khodemchuk in the pump room. 142 00:12:59,438 --> 00:13:01,396 You... here. 143 00:13:01,479 --> 00:13:05,104 Get Shashenok. He's in 604. Go. 144 00:13:05,187 --> 00:13:06,855 We need to get everyone out! 145 00:13:06,937 --> 00:13:09,021 (alarm blaring) 146 00:13:15,438 --> 00:13:17,521 (vomits, coughing) 147 00:13:18,646 --> 00:13:21,396 (whimpers) Shit. 148 00:13:21,479 --> 00:13:23,855 Hey! We need to get to the reactor hall. 149 00:13:23,937 --> 00:13:26,937 -The lift's destroyed. -Up two flights and across. 150 00:13:27,021 --> 00:13:30,438 -Right. -Why are you going there? 151 00:13:30,521 --> 00:13:32,646 (distant alarm blaring) 152 00:13:38,937 --> 00:13:43,187 (clangs echoing) 153 00:13:45,021 --> 00:13:47,771 -(clangs) -(grunts) 154 00:13:49,688 --> 00:13:51,730 Have you seen Khodemchuk? 155 00:13:51,813 --> 00:13:54,271 -No. Where's Viktor? -Still in the pump room. 156 00:13:55,855 --> 00:13:58,688 -(Perevozschenko vomits) -Stay here. I'll come back. 157 00:14:01,563 --> 00:14:03,271 Viktor! 158 00:14:17,730 --> 00:14:19,813 (man coughing) 159 00:14:21,563 --> 00:14:22,605 Viktor. 160 00:14:22,688 --> 00:14:25,813 -(coughing) -Viktor. 161 00:14:27,062 --> 00:14:29,730 Viktor. I'm gonna get you out of here. 162 00:14:29,813 --> 00:14:31,688 -Can you stand? -(coughs) 163 00:14:31,771 --> 00:14:33,979 (weakly): Khodemchuk... 164 00:14:34,062 --> 00:14:35,730 Where? 165 00:14:38,104 --> 00:14:40,313 Viktor (gasping): Get Khodemchuk. 166 00:14:43,979 --> 00:14:46,979 (fluttering) 167 00:14:57,605 --> 00:15:00,021 (metal groaning) 168 00:15:02,813 --> 00:15:04,979 (gasping) 169 00:15:13,104 --> 00:15:16,979 (distant sirens approaching) 170 00:15:22,062 --> 00:15:23,313 (alarms blaring, buzzing) 171 00:15:23,396 --> 00:15:25,438 I dropped the control rods from the other panel. 172 00:15:25,521 --> 00:15:27,229 -Akimov: They're still up. -Dyatlov: What? 173 00:15:27,313 --> 00:15:29,730 They're still only a third of the way in, I don't know why. 174 00:15:29,813 --> 00:15:32,271 I already sent the trainees down to the reactor hall to lower them by hand. 175 00:15:32,354 --> 00:15:34,313 -What about the pumps? -Toptunov: I can't get through to Khodemchuk. 176 00:15:34,396 --> 00:15:37,021 -The lines are down. -Fuck the phones and fuck Khodemchuk. 177 00:15:37,104 --> 00:15:38,521 -Are the pumps on or not? -Stolyarchuk? 178 00:15:38,605 --> 00:15:40,104 My control panel's not working. 179 00:15:40,187 --> 00:15:41,605 I tried calling for the electricians. 180 00:15:41,688 --> 00:15:43,313 I don't give a shit about the panel! 181 00:15:43,396 --> 00:15:45,937 I need water in my reactor core! 182 00:15:46,021 --> 00:15:48,563 Get down there and make sure those pumps are on. 183 00:15:49,730 --> 00:15:51,313 Now! 184 00:15:58,730 --> 00:16:02,396 -What does the dosimeter say? -3.6 roentgen, but that's as high as the meter-- 185 00:16:02,479 --> 00:16:05,229 3.6-- not great, not terrible. 186 00:16:13,146 --> 00:16:15,354 (in undertone): We did everything right. 187 00:16:19,021 --> 00:16:22,271 (sirens wailing) 188 00:16:33,937 --> 00:16:36,062 (sirens wailing) 189 00:16:45,896 --> 00:16:49,896 (indistinct radio transmissions) 190 00:16:52,438 --> 00:16:54,229 (indistinct shouting) 191 00:16:59,730 --> 00:17:02,021 Commander: You, connect those hooks! 192 00:17:05,521 --> 00:17:07,021 (men shouting) 193 00:17:07,104 --> 00:17:08,479 Commander: Get the pumps going! 194 00:17:08,563 --> 00:17:10,813 Man: Yeah, over here! 195 00:17:14,479 --> 00:17:17,563 -(alarms blaring) -Man: We're working bottom to top. Go in fast. 196 00:17:21,104 --> 00:17:24,605 ♪ ♪ 197 00:17:38,479 --> 00:17:40,062 Vasily... 198 00:17:41,438 --> 00:17:44,104 -Hey, Vasily, what's this? -I don't know, Misha. 199 00:17:44,187 --> 00:17:46,688 Don't fuck around with it. Hook these up, come on. 200 00:17:52,271 --> 00:17:53,730 Do you taste metal? 201 00:17:53,813 --> 00:17:57,021 -Yeah, what is that? -I don't know. 202 00:17:58,771 --> 00:18:00,313 The valves, Misha! The valves, let's go! 203 00:18:00,396 --> 00:18:02,021 The valves! Come on! 204 00:18:05,855 --> 00:18:07,979 (sirens wailing) 205 00:18:16,979 --> 00:18:18,896 (footsteps echoing) 206 00:18:18,979 --> 00:18:21,146 (distant siren wailing) 207 00:18:34,479 --> 00:18:35,563 What do you need? 208 00:18:35,646 --> 00:18:37,896 We need to get into the reactor hall 209 00:18:37,979 --> 00:18:40,396 to lower the control rods, but the door is jammed. 210 00:18:41,646 --> 00:18:43,605 I don't think there are control rods. 211 00:18:43,688 --> 00:18:45,354 I don't think there's a core. 212 00:18:47,521 --> 00:18:49,396 No, you're-- you're mistaken. 213 00:18:50,354 --> 00:18:51,646 Akimov said. 214 00:19:09,062 --> 00:19:10,396 Let's go. 215 00:19:23,354 --> 00:19:24,979 (Misha wailing): No! 216 00:19:25,062 --> 00:19:28,813 -(Misha screaming) -Ignatenko, get on his hose! 217 00:19:28,896 --> 00:19:30,730 It's all right. Breathe. 218 00:19:30,813 --> 00:19:32,479 -(Misha whimpering) -Misha. 219 00:19:32,563 --> 00:19:34,563 All right, all right. Easy, Misha. 220 00:19:37,855 --> 00:19:40,187 (grunts) 221 00:19:40,271 --> 00:19:42,396 (groaning) 222 00:19:57,271 --> 00:19:59,605 ♪ ♪ 223 00:20:02,605 --> 00:20:05,646 (alarms buzzing) 224 00:20:11,438 --> 00:20:13,271 Are you sure? 225 00:20:14,730 --> 00:20:16,062 Akimov... 226 00:20:20,438 --> 00:20:22,730 -(men grunting) -(metal scraping) 227 00:20:29,438 --> 00:20:30,979 Move. 228 00:20:38,021 --> 00:20:40,021 (grunting) 229 00:20:41,313 --> 00:20:42,979 Come on, go! 230 00:20:46,313 --> 00:20:48,146 (grunts, speaks indistinctly) 231 00:20:48,813 --> 00:20:50,937 (grunts, panting) 232 00:20:53,855 --> 00:20:56,646 (door creaking) 233 00:21:07,438 --> 00:21:10,438 ♪ ♪ 234 00:21:19,855 --> 00:21:21,937 (grunts) 235 00:21:22,021 --> 00:21:23,605 Let's go! 236 00:21:23,688 --> 00:21:25,021 Let's go! 237 00:21:26,521 --> 00:21:27,896 Hey! 238 00:21:27,979 --> 00:21:29,563 (gasps) 239 00:21:32,521 --> 00:21:34,563 (groans) 240 00:21:34,646 --> 00:21:35,813 Hey! 241 00:21:35,896 --> 00:21:38,021 (alarm buzzing) 242 00:21:40,896 --> 00:21:43,354 (panting) 243 00:21:47,354 --> 00:21:49,479 (people chattering) 244 00:21:51,521 --> 00:21:54,354 (distant sirens wailing) 245 00:21:56,354 --> 00:21:58,646 Woman: Lyudmilla! Do you want to come with us? 246 00:21:58,730 --> 00:22:00,021 Come where? 247 00:22:00,104 --> 00:22:02,187 We're going to the railroad bridge to get a better look. 248 00:22:02,271 --> 00:22:04,646 It's not like anyone can sleep with all the sirens. 249 00:22:04,730 --> 00:22:06,896 I don't think you should go. It could be dangerous. 250 00:22:06,979 --> 00:22:10,146 What do you mean dangerous? It's a fire. It's over there, we're over here. 251 00:22:10,229 --> 00:22:11,855 -Mikhail. -What? 252 00:22:13,396 --> 00:22:15,354 Oh, sorry. 253 00:22:15,438 --> 00:22:17,021 Oh. 254 00:22:19,730 --> 00:22:22,313 -Oksana: Is Vasily...? -Yeah. 255 00:22:22,396 --> 00:22:23,979 Did he say it was bad? 256 00:22:24,062 --> 00:22:25,979 No. No, he said it was just the roof. 257 00:22:26,062 --> 00:22:27,396 Well, he's never gotten hurt before. 258 00:22:27,479 --> 00:22:29,104 None of the boys have. 259 00:22:30,187 --> 00:22:31,855 He'll be fine. 260 00:22:33,187 --> 00:22:34,563 Get some rest. 261 00:22:38,229 --> 00:22:40,396 (distant sirens continuing) 262 00:22:46,062 --> 00:22:48,021 Dyatlov: The tank, it's big enough. 263 00:22:48,104 --> 00:22:52,354 This kind of explosion, the control tank on 71, it's 100 cubic meters. 264 00:22:52,438 --> 00:22:53,771 One hundred and ten. 265 00:22:53,855 --> 00:22:56,605 Hundred and ten. It could do this, definitely. 266 00:22:56,688 --> 00:23:00,021 (panting): It's gone. 267 00:23:00,104 --> 00:23:02,187 I looked right into it. 268 00:23:02,271 --> 00:23:03,979 I looked into the core. 269 00:23:05,104 --> 00:23:07,855 Did you lower the control rods or not? 270 00:23:07,937 --> 00:23:10,313 (retching) 271 00:23:10,396 --> 00:23:12,771 Take him to the infirmary. 272 00:23:14,271 --> 00:23:15,979 Toptunov, take him! 273 00:23:19,396 --> 00:23:23,104 -Where's Kudryavstev? -He fell. 274 00:23:23,187 --> 00:23:26,229 -Toptunov: I need a medic! Anyone! -He's delusional. 275 00:23:26,313 --> 00:23:28,730 -His face... -Ruptured condenser lines. 276 00:23:28,813 --> 00:23:30,730 The feedwater is mildly contaminated. 277 00:23:30,813 --> 00:23:32,479 He'll be fine. I've seen worse. 278 00:23:32,563 --> 00:23:34,979 Do we still have a phone line to the outside? 279 00:23:36,813 --> 00:23:39,521 -Akimov? -(grunts) 280 00:23:39,605 --> 00:23:41,646 Call in the day shift. 281 00:23:42,855 --> 00:23:45,229 -But if the-- -We have to keep water flowing into the core. 282 00:23:45,313 --> 00:23:48,646 We need electricians, mechanics, we need bodies. 283 00:23:49,438 --> 00:23:52,021 How many times do I have to say it? 284 00:23:59,937 --> 00:24:02,104 I'm going to the Administration Building now 285 00:24:02,187 --> 00:24:04,730 to call Bryukhanov and Fomin. 286 00:24:04,813 --> 00:24:07,229 They're gonna want a full report. 287 00:24:08,271 --> 00:24:12,104 Now, I don't know if I can make things better for you, 288 00:24:12,187 --> 00:24:15,021 but I can certainly make them worse. 289 00:24:17,021 --> 00:24:19,646 Call in the day shift, Comrade Akimov. 290 00:24:23,187 --> 00:24:24,855 Yes, Comrade Dyatlov. 291 00:24:33,354 --> 00:24:35,313 (sighs) 292 00:24:37,979 --> 00:24:39,313 (door closes) 293 00:24:57,563 --> 00:25:00,563 -(woman moans softly) -You're doing fine. 294 00:25:00,646 --> 00:25:02,563 Raise her up. 295 00:25:05,646 --> 00:25:07,313 That one, maybe an hour. 296 00:25:07,396 --> 00:25:09,563 This one, not until morning. 297 00:25:11,646 --> 00:25:15,605 -How's it downstairs, doctor? -Quiet. 298 00:25:15,688 --> 00:25:17,396 Always is. 299 00:25:17,479 --> 00:25:20,229 Nothing at this hour but babies. 300 00:25:21,104 --> 00:25:23,979 You know, I once went two days without sleep? 301 00:25:24,062 --> 00:25:26,688 Ten women went into labor at the same time. 302 00:25:26,771 --> 00:25:29,146 -Did I ever tell you that story? -Yes. 303 00:25:31,271 --> 00:25:33,021 Well, I won't need you in here for a while. 304 00:25:33,104 --> 00:25:35,896 If you want, get some rest in the break room. 305 00:25:36,771 --> 00:25:38,937 They haven't brought anyone in from the fire. 306 00:25:39,021 --> 00:25:42,104 -What fire? -The power plant. 307 00:25:42,771 --> 00:25:45,771 Oh. Then it mustn't be too bad. 308 00:25:47,021 --> 00:25:48,771 Do we stock iodine? 309 00:25:48,855 --> 00:25:50,771 -Hmm? -Iodine. 310 00:25:51,937 --> 00:25:56,062 -You mean disinfectant? -No, pills. Does the hospital stock iodine pills? 311 00:25:56,146 --> 00:25:59,104 Iodine pills? Why would we have iodine pills? 312 00:25:59,813 --> 00:26:01,937 (phone rings) 313 00:26:04,771 --> 00:26:06,813 (phone rings) 314 00:26:09,896 --> 00:26:11,229 (phone rings) 315 00:26:11,313 --> 00:26:13,605 Hello? (coughing) 316 00:26:14,688 --> 00:26:16,104 Hello? 317 00:26:23,271 --> 00:26:25,146 Who else knows this? 318 00:26:27,021 --> 00:26:28,688 Have you called Fomin? 319 00:26:29,979 --> 00:26:31,896 Of course I want you to call him. 320 00:26:31,979 --> 00:26:34,187 If I'm up, he's up. 321 00:26:36,813 --> 00:26:39,605 ♪ ♪ 322 00:26:57,229 --> 00:26:59,646 (sirens wailing) 323 00:27:12,521 --> 00:27:14,438 Fomin: Whatever the cause, the important thing is 324 00:27:14,521 --> 00:27:16,229 that neither you nor I-- 325 00:27:36,896 --> 00:27:38,937 ♪ ♪ 326 00:27:50,605 --> 00:27:53,104 (heavy door thudding) 327 00:27:57,354 --> 00:27:59,354 I take it the safety test was a failure? 328 00:27:59,438 --> 00:28:02,688 -We have the situation under control. -Fomin: Under control? 329 00:28:02,771 --> 00:28:05,563 -It doesn't look like it's under control. -Shut up, Fomin. 330 00:28:06,896 --> 00:28:09,521 I have to tell the Central Committee about this. Do you realize that? 331 00:28:09,605 --> 00:28:11,896 I have to get on the phone and tell Maryin, 332 00:28:11,979 --> 00:28:13,438 or God forbid Frolyshev, 333 00:28:13,521 --> 00:28:15,229 that my power plant is on fire. 334 00:28:15,313 --> 00:28:17,730 No one can blame you for this, Director Bryukhanov. 335 00:28:17,813 --> 00:28:19,521 Of course no one can blame me for this. 336 00:28:19,605 --> 00:28:22,771 How can I be responsible? I was sleeping. 337 00:28:23,605 --> 00:28:25,937 Tell me what happened, quickly. 338 00:28:27,396 --> 00:28:31,104 We ran the test exactly as Chief Engineer Fomin approved. 339 00:28:31,187 --> 00:28:33,813 Unit Shift Chief Akimov and Engineer Toptunov 340 00:28:33,896 --> 00:28:36,354 encountered technical difficulties leading 341 00:28:36,438 --> 00:28:39,771 to an accumulation of hydrogen in the control system tank. 342 00:28:39,855 --> 00:28:41,396 It regrettably ignited, 343 00:28:41,479 --> 00:28:44,104 damaging the plant, setting the roof on fire. 344 00:28:46,354 --> 00:28:48,229 The tank is quite large. 345 00:28:48,313 --> 00:28:50,354 It's the only logical explanation. 346 00:28:50,438 --> 00:28:53,896 Of course, Deputy Chief Engineer Dyatlov 347 00:28:53,979 --> 00:28:56,605 was directly supervising the test, 348 00:28:56,688 --> 00:28:58,104 so he would know best. 349 00:28:58,187 --> 00:29:00,479 -Bryukhanov: A hydrogen tank, fire... -(pen scribbling) 350 00:29:02,521 --> 00:29:04,563 -Reactor? -We're taking measures to ensure 351 00:29:04,646 --> 00:29:07,062 a steady flow of water through the core. 352 00:29:07,146 --> 00:29:10,104 -What about radiation? -Obviously, down here it's nothing. 353 00:29:10,187 --> 00:29:12,896 But in the reactor building, I'm being told 354 00:29:12,979 --> 00:29:15,021 3.6 roentgen per hour. 355 00:29:15,104 --> 00:29:17,271 Well, that's not great, but it's not horrifying. 356 00:29:17,354 --> 00:29:18,937 Not at all. 357 00:29:19,021 --> 00:29:22,062 -From the feedwater, I assume? -Mm-hmm. 358 00:29:22,146 --> 00:29:24,438 We'll have to limit shifts 359 00:29:24,521 --> 00:29:26,605 to six hours at a time, but otherwise... 360 00:29:26,688 --> 00:29:29,271 The dosimetrists should be checking regularly. 361 00:29:30,146 --> 00:29:34,062 Have them use the good meter from the safe. 362 00:29:35,146 --> 00:29:38,313 Right. I'll call Maryin. 363 00:29:39,271 --> 00:29:41,521 Have them wake up the local executive committee. 364 00:29:41,605 --> 00:29:43,771 There'll be orders coming down. 365 00:29:43,855 --> 00:29:46,896 (crowd murmuring) 366 00:29:49,521 --> 00:29:50,979 -Here. -(whispers): No. 367 00:29:51,062 --> 00:29:53,688 You sure? Okay. 368 00:29:56,688 --> 00:29:59,354 -What do you think makes the colors? -Oh... 369 00:30:00,021 --> 00:30:03,396 -It's the fuel for sure. -"Oh. It's the fuel for sure"? 370 00:30:03,479 --> 00:30:06,896 What do you know about it? You clean floors at a train station. 371 00:30:06,979 --> 00:30:08,688 My friend, Yuri, works at the power plant. 372 00:30:08,771 --> 00:30:10,354 He says it runs cold. 373 00:30:10,438 --> 00:30:12,229 No gas, no fire. Just atoms. 374 00:30:13,021 --> 00:30:15,479 Yuri says the only thing is, you can't walk right up to the fuel. 375 00:30:15,563 --> 00:30:18,438 If you do, a glass of vodka an hour for four hours. 376 00:30:18,521 --> 00:30:21,438 (laughs) Isn't Yuri a plumber? 377 00:30:21,521 --> 00:30:23,937 At the nuclear power plant, yeah. 378 00:30:30,479 --> 00:30:32,062 It is beautiful. 379 00:30:33,104 --> 00:30:34,730 Yeah. 380 00:30:36,896 --> 00:30:38,937 ♪ ♪ 381 00:30:41,979 --> 00:30:45,354 (wind blowing softly) 382 00:30:59,605 --> 00:31:01,979 ♪ ♪ 383 00:31:32,771 --> 00:31:34,813 ♪ ♪ 384 00:31:45,354 --> 00:31:47,479 (distant alarm wailing) 385 00:31:50,979 --> 00:31:52,937 (coughing) 386 00:32:26,354 --> 00:32:28,354 Do you have a cigarette? 387 00:32:53,646 --> 00:32:55,646 Do you need help? 388 00:33:01,646 --> 00:33:03,730 It's over. 389 00:33:05,896 --> 00:33:08,062 (distant sirens continuing) 390 00:33:23,229 --> 00:33:26,396 (trickling, pattering) 391 00:33:41,229 --> 00:33:43,730 ♪ ♪ 392 00:33:55,479 --> 00:33:57,730 (indistinct shouting) 393 00:34:07,813 --> 00:34:09,521 We've done all we can from the perimeter. 394 00:34:09,605 --> 00:34:12,438 We need to start making our way to the roof. 395 00:34:18,438 --> 00:34:21,771 Vasily! You've gotta put it out. 396 00:34:25,146 --> 00:34:28,187 Pravik: That's enough, comrades. We're pushing ahead. 397 00:34:34,313 --> 00:34:35,937 Pravik: Come on, boys. 398 00:34:41,605 --> 00:34:43,479 Vasily, it's just past, straight up. 399 00:34:43,563 --> 00:34:45,479 All the way up, all the way in. 400 00:34:47,521 --> 00:34:49,021 Come on! 401 00:34:52,646 --> 00:34:54,688 ♪ ♪ 402 00:35:01,146 --> 00:35:03,313 Fireman: Yeah. Going in now. 403 00:35:21,896 --> 00:35:25,187 ♪ ♪ 404 00:35:44,104 --> 00:35:46,313 (distant alarms blaring, buzzing) 405 00:35:50,479 --> 00:35:52,730 What about the auxiliary? 406 00:35:52,813 --> 00:35:56,229 The pumps are gone, electrical's gone. 407 00:35:56,313 --> 00:36:00,229 -The core? -I didn't go in there, and I won't. 408 00:36:02,229 --> 00:36:04,479 -I think it's time we faced-- -No, we have to get water into the core. 409 00:36:04,563 --> 00:36:06,313 Otherwise, there'll be a meltdown. 410 00:36:06,396 --> 00:36:08,313 We have to open the valves. 411 00:36:08,396 --> 00:36:10,605 -Sasha... -What do you want, Boris? 412 00:36:10,688 --> 00:36:12,479 If it's true, then we're dead, a million people are dead. 413 00:36:12,563 --> 00:36:14,730 Is that what you need to hear? 414 00:36:16,187 --> 00:36:18,146 We have to open the valves. 415 00:36:18,229 --> 00:36:20,354 -By hand. -By hand? 416 00:36:20,438 --> 00:36:22,979 You know, the number of valves, the amount of time to turn them, 417 00:36:23,062 --> 00:36:24,688 you're talking about hours in there! 418 00:36:24,771 --> 00:36:26,313 -Then help us. -Help you do what? 419 00:36:26,396 --> 00:36:29,730 Pump water into a ditch? There's nothing there! 420 00:36:38,937 --> 00:36:40,896 Leonid, I'm begging you. 421 00:36:54,271 --> 00:36:55,937 Watch the panel while we're gone. 422 00:36:56,021 --> 00:36:57,479 It's not working. 423 00:36:58,563 --> 00:37:00,396 Just watch it. 424 00:37:05,271 --> 00:37:06,896 (door closes) 425 00:37:17,855 --> 00:37:19,229 (crying) 426 00:37:19,313 --> 00:37:21,979 (distant sirens wailing) 427 00:37:22,062 --> 00:37:23,813 Worker: I guess we know why they called us in early. 428 00:37:23,896 --> 00:37:26,563 Sitnikov: Is anyone saying what happened? 429 00:37:26,646 --> 00:37:28,896 Worker: They were running the safety test on the turbines, 430 00:37:28,979 --> 00:37:31,104 blew the control system tank. 431 00:37:32,229 --> 00:37:33,646 It doesn't make sense to me either. 432 00:37:35,396 --> 00:37:37,521 What about sabotage? 433 00:37:37,605 --> 00:37:39,146 A bomb? 434 00:37:40,021 --> 00:37:43,479 Sitnikov! Bryukhanov wants us to use the good dosimeter, 435 00:37:43,563 --> 00:37:46,354 but it's in the safe, and we can't find the key. 436 00:37:46,438 --> 00:37:49,771 It's in Building 2. Hasn't--? 437 00:37:49,855 --> 00:37:51,521 Follow me. 438 00:37:53,563 --> 00:37:55,521 (door opens) 439 00:38:02,937 --> 00:38:04,438 Gentlemen, welcome. 440 00:38:04,521 --> 00:38:07,688 Please, uh, find a seat. Plenty of room. 441 00:38:07,771 --> 00:38:11,271 I apologize for the lateness of the hour. 442 00:38:11,354 --> 00:38:15,438 Rest assured, we are all very safe down here. 443 00:38:15,521 --> 00:38:18,187 We built this shelter to withstand a nuclear attack 444 00:38:18,271 --> 00:38:21,563 by the Americans, so I think we'll be fine. 445 00:38:23,271 --> 00:38:25,605 As you can see, we have experienced an accident. 446 00:38:25,688 --> 00:38:28,271 A large control tank malfunctioned, 447 00:38:28,354 --> 00:38:32,229 damaging reactor Building 4 and starting a fire. 448 00:38:32,313 --> 00:38:35,979 Now, I have spoken directly to Deputy Secretary Maryin. 449 00:38:36,062 --> 00:38:38,313 Maryin spoke to Deputy Chief Frolyshev, 450 00:38:38,396 --> 00:38:41,605 Frolyshev to Central Committee member Dolgikh, 451 00:38:41,688 --> 00:38:44,979 and Dolgikh to General Secretary Gorbachev. 452 00:38:45,062 --> 00:38:46,896 Now... 453 00:38:46,979 --> 00:38:52,229 Because the Central Committee has the greatest respect 454 00:38:52,313 --> 00:38:56,271 for the work of the Pripyat Executive Committee, 455 00:38:56,354 --> 00:39:00,354 they have asked me to brief you on matters as they stand, so... 456 00:39:01,896 --> 00:39:05,646 First, the accident... (stammers) is well under control. 457 00:39:05,730 --> 00:39:10,979 And second, because the efforts of the Soviet nuclear industry 458 00:39:11,062 --> 00:39:14,771 are considered key state secrets, it is important 459 00:39:14,855 --> 00:39:18,187 that we ensure that this incident 460 00:39:18,271 --> 00:39:20,354 has no adverse consequences. 461 00:39:20,438 --> 00:39:24,563 Now, to prevent a panic, the Central Committee have ordered 462 00:39:24,646 --> 00:39:27,521 a detachment of military police to Pripyat. 463 00:39:27,605 --> 00:39:29,438 How large of a detachment? 464 00:39:30,855 --> 00:39:32,896 Between two and four thousand men. 465 00:39:32,979 --> 00:39:35,021 (murmuring) 466 00:39:35,104 --> 00:39:38,937 What's really going on here? How dangerous is this? 467 00:39:39,021 --> 00:39:43,021 There's mild radiation, but it's limited to the plant itself. 468 00:39:43,104 --> 00:39:46,187 -Petrov: No, it isn't. -Excuse me? 469 00:39:46,271 --> 00:39:50,187 You saw men outside vomiting. 470 00:39:50,271 --> 00:39:52,104 You saw men with burns. 471 00:39:53,187 --> 00:39:55,563 There's more radiation than they're saying. 472 00:39:55,646 --> 00:39:57,937 We have wives here, we have children. 473 00:39:58,021 --> 00:40:00,730 I say we evacuate the town. 474 00:40:00,813 --> 00:40:02,563 Bryukhanov: Gentlemen-- 475 00:40:02,646 --> 00:40:06,855 Please, please. My wife is here. 476 00:40:06,937 --> 00:40:08,979 Do you think I would keep her in Pripyat 477 00:40:09,062 --> 00:40:10,396 if it wasn't safe? 478 00:40:10,479 --> 00:40:14,104 Bryukhanov, the air is glowing. 479 00:40:14,187 --> 00:40:17,229 The Cherenkov effect. Completely normal phenomenon. 480 00:40:17,313 --> 00:40:19,187 It can happen with minimal radiation. 481 00:40:19,271 --> 00:40:23,730 -(murmuring) -(loud tapping) 482 00:40:23,813 --> 00:40:25,979 (murmuring stops) 483 00:40:29,605 --> 00:40:33,646 I wonder how many of you know the name of this place. 484 00:40:35,813 --> 00:40:39,396 We all call it "Chernobyl," of course. 485 00:40:39,479 --> 00:40:41,813 What is its real name? 486 00:40:43,271 --> 00:40:46,730 The Vladimir I. Lenin Nuclear Power Station. 487 00:40:46,813 --> 00:40:48,855 Exactly. 488 00:40:50,979 --> 00:40:54,855 Vladimir I. Lenin. 489 00:41:01,979 --> 00:41:05,688 And how proud he would be of you all tonight. 490 00:41:06,730 --> 00:41:09,021 Especially you, young man, 491 00:41:10,021 --> 00:41:12,896 and the passion you have for the people. 492 00:41:13,688 --> 00:41:17,896 For is that not the sole purpose of the apparatus of the State? 493 00:41:19,563 --> 00:41:21,646 Sometimes, we forget. 494 00:41:22,855 --> 00:41:25,521 Sometimes, we fall prey to fear. 495 00:41:27,396 --> 00:41:31,187 But our faith in Soviet socialism 496 00:41:31,271 --> 00:41:34,187 will always be rewarded. 497 00:41:36,354 --> 00:41:40,605 Now, the State tells us the situation here is not dangerous. 498 00:41:40,688 --> 00:41:43,229 Have faith, comrades. 499 00:41:44,855 --> 00:41:48,313 The State tells us it wants to prevent a panic. 500 00:41:48,396 --> 00:41:50,605 Listen well. 501 00:41:53,062 --> 00:41:57,271 It's true, when the people see the police, they will be afraid. 502 00:41:58,605 --> 00:42:00,730 But it is my experience 503 00:42:01,896 --> 00:42:03,979 that when the people ask questions 504 00:42:04,062 --> 00:42:07,354 that are not in their own best interest, 505 00:42:07,438 --> 00:42:09,354 they should simply be told 506 00:42:09,438 --> 00:42:11,605 to keep their minds on their labor 507 00:42:12,605 --> 00:42:17,479 and leave matters of the State to the State. 508 00:42:19,146 --> 00:42:21,229 We seal off the city. 509 00:42:22,396 --> 00:42:24,062 No one leaves. 510 00:42:24,771 --> 00:42:26,896 And cut the phone lines. 511 00:42:26,979 --> 00:42:29,771 Contain the spread of misinformation. 512 00:42:32,438 --> 00:42:35,229 That is how we keep the people 513 00:42:35,313 --> 00:42:38,479 from undermining the fruits of their own labor. 514 00:42:41,521 --> 00:42:43,313 Yes, comrades... 515 00:42:44,605 --> 00:42:48,646 we will all be rewarded for what we do here tonight. 516 00:42:50,979 --> 00:42:55,479 This is our moment to shine. 517 00:43:00,271 --> 00:43:02,605 (applause continues within) 518 00:43:07,646 --> 00:43:08,855 Thank you. 519 00:43:21,313 --> 00:43:24,313 Comrade Sitnikov to see the Chief Engineer. 520 00:43:37,187 --> 00:43:38,354 Well? 521 00:43:40,313 --> 00:43:41,855 (clears throat) 522 00:43:44,979 --> 00:43:48,187 I sent my dosimetrists into the reactor building. 523 00:43:49,521 --> 00:43:50,979 The large dosimeter from the safe, 524 00:43:51,062 --> 00:43:52,896 the one with the 1,000-roentgen capacity-- 525 00:43:52,979 --> 00:43:54,313 What was the number? 526 00:43:57,563 --> 00:43:58,771 There was none. 527 00:43:58,855 --> 00:44:01,730 The meter burned out the second it was turned on. 528 00:44:02,563 --> 00:44:04,438 -It's typical. -See? This is what Moscow does. 529 00:44:04,521 --> 00:44:07,646 Sends us shit equipment, then wonders why things go wrong. 530 00:44:07,730 --> 00:44:09,937 We found another dosimeter 531 00:44:10,021 --> 00:44:11,979 from the military fire department. 532 00:44:12,062 --> 00:44:15,021 It only goes to 200 roentgen, but it's better than the small ones. 533 00:44:15,104 --> 00:44:16,229 And? 534 00:44:17,479 --> 00:44:19,354 It maxed out. 535 00:44:19,438 --> 00:44:21,021 Two hundred roentgen. 536 00:44:23,521 --> 00:44:25,605 What game are you playing? 537 00:44:25,688 --> 00:44:27,104 No, I--I-- 538 00:44:27,187 --> 00:44:30,813 I asked him, he took multiple measurements, he's my best man. 539 00:44:30,896 --> 00:44:33,563 It's another faulty meter. You're wasting our time. 540 00:44:33,646 --> 00:44:35,396 I checked the meter against the control. 541 00:44:35,479 --> 00:44:37,730 What's wrong with you? How'd you get that number 542 00:44:37,813 --> 00:44:40,062 from feedwater leaking from a blown tank? 543 00:44:43,563 --> 00:44:47,104 -You don't. -Then what the fuck are you talking about? 544 00:44:51,229 --> 00:44:53,104 I, um... (clears throat) 545 00:44:54,937 --> 00:44:58,438 I walked around the exterior of Building 4. 546 00:44:59,479 --> 00:45:02,937 I think there's graphite on the ground in the rubble. 547 00:45:03,937 --> 00:45:05,730 You didn't see graphite. 548 00:45:06,646 --> 00:45:08,563 -I did. -You didn't. 549 00:45:09,479 --> 00:45:13,271 You didn't! Because it's not there! 550 00:45:14,146 --> 00:45:15,771 What? 551 00:45:15,855 --> 00:45:19,354 Are you suggesting the core... what? 552 00:45:19,438 --> 00:45:21,605 Exploded? 553 00:45:23,271 --> 00:45:24,605 Yes. 554 00:45:33,021 --> 00:45:34,313 Sitnikov. 555 00:45:35,563 --> 00:45:38,104 You're a nuclear engineer, so am I. 556 00:45:38,187 --> 00:45:44,396 Please tell me how an RBMK reactor core explodes. 557 00:45:44,479 --> 00:45:48,146 Not a meltdown, an explosion. 558 00:45:48,229 --> 00:45:49,979 I'd love to know. 559 00:45:51,146 --> 00:45:52,479 I can't. 560 00:45:53,354 --> 00:45:54,855 Are you stupid? 561 00:45:55,979 --> 00:45:58,771 -No. -Then why can't you? 562 00:46:00,104 --> 00:46:01,688 I... (stammers) 563 00:46:03,646 --> 00:46:06,271 I don't see how it could explode. 564 00:46:08,646 --> 00:46:10,396 -But it did. -Dyatlov: Enough! 565 00:46:10,479 --> 00:46:12,271 I'll go up to the vent block roof. 566 00:46:12,354 --> 00:46:15,730 From there you can look right down into reactor Building 4. 567 00:46:15,813 --> 00:46:19,479 I'll see it with my own... my own eyes. 568 00:46:19,563 --> 00:46:22,187 (vomiting) 569 00:46:25,730 --> 00:46:27,313 I apologize. 570 00:46:28,813 --> 00:46:30,563 Guards! Guards! 571 00:46:31,521 --> 00:46:34,855 Get him to the medic or the hospital! Whatever he needs! 572 00:46:42,187 --> 00:46:44,313 (groaning) 573 00:46:50,937 --> 00:46:54,187 It's the feedwater. Been around it all night. 574 00:46:56,563 --> 00:46:57,896 You go then. 575 00:47:00,896 --> 00:47:02,396 What? 576 00:47:02,479 --> 00:47:06,855 -Go to the vent block roof and report back what you see. -No. 577 00:47:10,438 --> 00:47:14,271 -No, I won't do that. -Of course you will. 578 00:47:19,396 --> 00:47:22,730 You'll be fine. You'll see. 579 00:47:24,062 --> 00:47:25,563 Come on. 580 00:47:41,104 --> 00:47:43,146 (sloshing) 581 00:48:06,896 --> 00:48:08,271 Okay. 582 00:48:09,937 --> 00:48:11,438 Let's begin. 583 00:48:15,271 --> 00:48:17,771 (creaking) 584 00:48:19,479 --> 00:48:21,021 Leonid. 585 00:48:24,646 --> 00:48:26,021 Leonid. 586 00:48:27,146 --> 00:48:28,479 Oh... 587 00:48:32,479 --> 00:48:34,354 (grunts) 588 00:48:34,438 --> 00:48:36,563 Akimov: It's all the way, okay? 589 00:48:36,646 --> 00:48:38,771 All the way open. 590 00:48:40,979 --> 00:48:43,104 (creaking) 591 00:48:47,479 --> 00:48:48,813 I'm sorry. 592 00:48:49,937 --> 00:48:51,813 (crying) 593 00:48:52,813 --> 00:48:54,730 There's nothing to be sorry for. 594 00:48:54,813 --> 00:48:58,146 I told you, we did nothing wrong. 595 00:49:00,688 --> 00:49:02,187 But we did. 596 00:49:08,271 --> 00:49:11,187 -(creaking) -(sobbing) 597 00:49:15,479 --> 00:49:17,521 ♪ ♪ 598 00:49:18,937 --> 00:49:21,021 (door creaks open) 599 00:49:49,354 --> 00:49:51,896 ♪ ♪ 600 00:50:15,563 --> 00:50:18,021 ♪ ♪ 601 00:50:32,062 --> 00:50:34,146 ♪ ♪ 602 00:50:54,396 --> 00:50:56,563 ♪ ♪ 603 00:51:34,855 --> 00:51:40,646 ♪ ♪ 604 00:51:44,855 --> 00:51:49,021 -(running footsteps) -(distant shouting) 605 00:51:56,354 --> 00:51:58,229 (indistinct shouting) 606 00:52:12,605 --> 00:52:16,563 (sirens wailing) 607 00:52:26,937 --> 00:52:29,896 (phone ringing) 608 00:52:35,229 --> 00:52:38,563 -(grunting) -(phone continuing) 609 00:52:50,271 --> 00:52:51,396 Hello? 610 00:52:51,479 --> 00:52:53,187 - Valery Legasov? -Yes. 611 00:52:53,271 --> 00:52:55,813 You are the Legasov who is the First Deputy Director 612 00:52:55,896 --> 00:52:58,396 of the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy? 613 00:52:58,479 --> 00:53:00,979 -I am. Who am I--? - This is Boris Shcherbina, 614 00:53:01,062 --> 00:53:03,062 Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers 615 00:53:03,146 --> 00:53:05,771 and head of the Bureau for Fuel and Energy. 616 00:53:05,855 --> 00:53:10,605 There's been an accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. 617 00:53:10,688 --> 00:53:11,855 How bad is it? 618 00:53:11,937 --> 00:53:14,104 No. No need to panic. There was a fire. 619 00:53:14,187 --> 00:53:17,146 It's mostly put out. The system control tank exploded. 620 00:53:17,229 --> 00:53:20,771 Control system tank. And the core? 621 00:53:20,855 --> 00:53:24,021 We've ordered them to continuously pump water. 622 00:53:24,104 --> 00:53:26,771 Yes, I see. Any contamination? 623 00:53:26,855 --> 00:53:29,688 It's mild. The plant manager, Bryukhanov, is reporting 624 00:53:29,771 --> 00:53:31,271 3.6 roentgen per hour. 625 00:53:31,354 --> 00:53:33,521 That's actually significant. You should evacuate the sur-- 626 00:53:33,605 --> 00:53:38,021 You're an expert on RBMK reactors, correct? 627 00:53:38,104 --> 00:53:42,313 -Yes, I've studied-- -General Secretary Gorbachev has appointed a committee 628 00:53:42,396 --> 00:53:46,021 to manage the accident. You're on it. 629 00:53:46,104 --> 00:53:48,271 We'll convene at two this afternoon. 630 00:53:48,354 --> 00:53:51,438 That late? Forgive me, but don't you think 631 00:53:51,521 --> 00:53:53,271 given the amount of radiation that it would be-- 632 00:53:53,354 --> 00:53:56,146 Legasov, you're on this committee to answer direct questions 633 00:53:56,229 --> 00:53:59,062 about the function of an RBMK reactor 634 00:53:59,146 --> 00:54:02,104 if they should happen to arise. Nothing else. 635 00:54:02,187 --> 00:54:04,896 Certainly not policy. Do you understand? 636 00:54:04,979 --> 00:54:07,896 -Yes, of course. I didn't mean to-- -(line clicks) 637 00:54:07,979 --> 00:54:10,104 (sighs) 638 00:54:14,937 --> 00:54:16,396 (sighs) 639 00:54:16,479 --> 00:54:18,605 ♪ ♪ 640 00:54:30,646 --> 00:54:32,813 (valves creaking) 641 00:54:55,730 --> 00:54:58,187 ♪ ♪ 642 00:55:16,688 --> 00:55:18,855 ♪ ♪ 643 00:55:32,062 --> 00:55:34,271 ♪ ♪ 644 00:55:40,937 --> 00:55:43,521 (children chattering, shouting playfully) 645 00:55:54,605 --> 00:55:56,730 ♪ ♪ 646 00:56:23,271 --> 00:56:25,396 ♪ ♪ 647 00:56:51,479 --> 00:56:53,605 ♪ ♪ 648 00:57:22,730 --> 00:57:24,855 ♪ ♪ 649 00:57:58,187 --> 00:58:00,479 ♪ ♪ 650 00:58:36,730 --> 00:58:37,771 ♪ ♪ 651 00:58:58,354 --> 00:58:59,855 BORIS SHCHERBINA: I'm pleased to report that 652 00:58:59,937 --> 00:59:01,937 the situation in Chernobyl is stable. 653 00:59:04,271 --> 00:59:05,479 In terms of radiation, 654 00:59:05,563 --> 00:59:08,146 I'm told it's the equivalent of a chest X-ray. 655 00:59:11,438 --> 00:59:12,313 No! 656 00:59:12,771 --> 00:59:15,104 The fire is giving off nearly twice the radiation 657 00:59:15,187 --> 00:59:16,979 released by the bomb in Hiroshima. 658 00:59:18,062 --> 00:59:19,563 It will burn and spread its poison 659 00:59:19,646 --> 00:59:21,855 until the entire continent is dead. 660 00:59:22,271 --> 00:59:24,771 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 661 00:59:24,855 --> 00:59:25,937 (PSA IN RUSSIAN) 662 00:59:26,271 --> 00:59:27,521 MAN: Tell our soldiers, 663 00:59:28,813 --> 00:59:29,896 "You will need to move quickly, 664 00:59:29,979 --> 00:59:32,021 and you will need to move carefully. 665 00:59:33,605 --> 00:59:36,688 These are the most important 90 seconds of your lives. 666 00:59:38,479 --> 00:59:40,688 I wish you good health and long life." 667 00:59:41,896 --> 00:59:43,479 WORKER: I serve the Soviet Union. 668 00:59:44,062 --> 00:59:45,730 WORKER 2: I serve the Soviet Union. 669 00:59:46,438 --> 00:59:48,104 WORKER 3: I serve the Soviet Union. 670 00:59:48,979 --> 00:59:50,813 ♪ (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪ 671 00:59:53,937 --> 00:59:55,605 (RADIO CLATTERS) 672 00:59:56,855 --> 00:59:58,937 The official position of the state 673 00:59:59,563 --> 01:00:01,688 is that a global nuclear catastrophe 674 01:00:01,771 --> 01:00:03,771 is not possible in the Soviet Union.47464

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