1 00:00:05,702 --> 00:00:07,243 ♪ (OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 2 00:00:08,118 --> 00:00:09,451 MISHA: Where are you going? 3 00:00:10,702 --> 00:00:11,743 Chernobyl. 4 00:00:15,577 --> 00:00:18,660 Ignatenko, fire and rescue unit. I need to find him! 5 00:00:19,034 --> 00:00:20,868 VALERY LEGASOV: Moscow. Hospital number six. 6 00:00:21,243 --> 00:00:22,909 WOMAN: Are you here because of the fire? 7 00:00:23,451 --> 00:00:25,285 Anything we should be worried about? 8 00:00:26,159 --> 00:00:27,243 No. 9 00:00:28,827 --> 00:00:30,743 It cannot go over the core. 10 00:00:35,201 --> 00:00:38,034 BORIS SHCHERBINA: The nuclear plant in Sweden has detected radiation. 11 00:00:38,368 --> 00:00:40,451 MAN: At least evacuate Pripyat. 12 00:00:41,451 --> 00:00:43,201 When the lava enters these tanks, 13 00:00:43,285 --> 00:00:44,785 it will instantly superheat, 14 00:00:44,868 --> 00:00:48,201 causing a significant thermal explosion. 15 00:00:48,577 --> 00:00:50,034 And how long before this happens? 16 00:00:50,285 --> 00:00:52,451 Approximately 48 to 72 hours, 17 00:00:52,535 --> 00:00:54,410 but we may have a solution. 18 00:00:54,660 --> 00:00:56,785 ♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ 19 00:00:56,993 --> 00:00:58,201 (STATIC) 20 00:00:58,285 --> 00:01:00,577 ♪ (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪ 21 00:01:00,660 --> 00:01:02,451 (WATER SLOSHING) 22 00:01:20,660 --> 00:01:24,159 (water trickling, dripping) 23 00:01:35,326 --> 00:01:37,243 (dosimeter clicking) 24 00:01:37,326 --> 00:01:40,660 (muffled labored breathing) 25 00:01:44,368 --> 00:01:48,076 (flashlight whirring) 26 00:01:50,243 --> 00:01:52,868 (whirring) 27 00:01:57,743 --> 00:01:59,951 (whirring) 28 00:02:02,660 --> 00:02:05,618 - (dosimeters clicking) - (man grunting) 29 00:02:14,618 --> 00:02:17,368 (muffled voices) 30 00:02:19,034 --> 00:02:21,118 (water sloshing) 31 00:02:35,159 --> 00:02:37,577 (muffled grunts) 32 00:03:04,451 --> 00:03:06,577 ♪ ♪ 33 00:03:22,951 --> 00:03:24,702 (sighs) 34 00:03:24,785 --> 00:03:27,868 Is it possible that the water has already killed them? 35 00:03:27,951 --> 00:03:30,201 Yes. 36 00:03:30,285 --> 00:03:31,951 Then what? 37 00:03:33,118 --> 00:03:34,993 If it doesn't work? 38 00:03:36,660 --> 00:03:39,618 (distant helicopters whopping) 39 00:03:42,493 --> 00:03:44,618 ♪ ♪ 40 00:03:52,577 --> 00:03:55,326 (dosimeters clicking loudly) 41 00:03:58,285 --> 00:04:00,326 (flashlights whirring) 42 00:04:06,702 --> 00:04:09,326 (muffled grunts) 43 00:04:23,201 --> 00:04:25,368 (dosimeters clicking loudly) 44 00:04:32,577 --> 00:04:34,660 ♪ ♪ 45 00:04:40,868 --> 00:04:43,201 (banging on door) 46 00:04:47,535 --> 00:04:50,326 (panting, grunting) 47 00:04:50,410 --> 00:04:51,660 (gasping) 48 00:04:51,743 --> 00:04:54,076 (soldiers applauding) 49 00:04:54,159 --> 00:04:56,868 (indistinct cheering) 50 00:05:07,702 --> 00:05:09,951 Get them in the truck. 51 00:05:10,034 --> 00:05:12,368 Get the hoses in! Start pumping! 52 00:05:28,577 --> 00:05:31,326 Uh, I'm here to see my husband, Vasily Ignatenko. 53 00:05:31,410 --> 00:05:34,159 He's a firefighter from Chernobyl. I have permission. 54 00:05:34,243 --> 00:05:37,118 Chernobyl? I'm sorry, no visitors. 55 00:05:39,118 --> 00:05:41,493 Well, but Major Burov told me, 56 00:05:41,577 --> 00:05:42,951 - he said... - No exceptions. 57 00:05:43,034 --> 00:05:45,785 Please. I've come all the way from Kievskaya Oblast. 58 00:06:11,660 --> 00:06:13,451 Excuse me. 59 00:06:14,868 --> 00:06:16,034 Excuse me, excuse me. 60 00:06:16,118 --> 00:06:17,827 Who are you? What are you doing here? 61 00:06:17,909 --> 00:06:20,535 - I have a pass. -You can't be here. It's not safe. 62 00:06:20,618 --> 00:06:22,201 I am here to see my husband. 63 00:06:22,285 --> 00:06:23,535 Vasily Ignatenko. 64 00:06:23,618 --> 00:06:25,201 He's a firefighter from Chernobyl. 65 00:06:25,285 --> 00:06:27,868 I know who Ignatenko is, but you can't. 66 00:06:27,951 --> 00:06:29,993 I have permission. I-I've... 67 00:06:36,285 --> 00:06:39,201 You can see him for 30 minutes, not a minute more. 68 00:06:39,285 --> 00:06:42,535 And you cannot touch him in any way. Do you understand? 69 00:06:42,618 --> 00:06:44,451 - Yeah. - Room 15. 70 00:06:46,702 --> 00:06:48,118 Thank you. 71 00:06:48,201 --> 00:06:50,118 - You're not pregnant, are you? - No. 72 00:06:57,909 --> 00:06:59,660 I won't have to give that to you. 73 00:06:59,743 --> 00:07:00,993 There they are. 74 00:07:01,076 --> 00:07:02,909 No, wait, wait, wait. I haven't finished yet. 75 00:07:02,993 --> 00:07:04,285 No, he hasn't. 76 00:07:04,368 --> 00:07:06,243 Yeah, that's good. 77 00:07:09,285 --> 00:07:10,660 Yeah, better. 78 00:07:13,326 --> 00:07:15,159 Look who the cat dragged in. 79 00:07:16,993 --> 00:07:18,993 What did I tell you? 80 00:07:20,034 --> 00:07:22,868 - There's no hiding from you, is there? - (both laughing) 81 00:07:23,909 --> 00:07:24,951 (groans) 82 00:07:25,034 --> 00:07:27,660 Easy, easy. It's okay. 83 00:07:27,743 --> 00:07:31,076 We're all okay. Yeah, we're okay. 84 00:07:33,535 --> 00:07:36,868 ♪ ♪ 85 00:07:36,951 --> 00:07:40,827 (distant wind howling) 86 00:07:40,909 --> 00:07:44,451 (distant dosimeter clicking) 87 00:07:51,201 --> 00:07:54,451 (helicopter whomping) 88 00:07:54,535 --> 00:07:56,702 (indistinct voices) 89 00:08:01,201 --> 00:08:03,285 (dosimeter clicking) 90 00:08:09,993 --> 00:08:13,201 (clicking grows louder) 91 00:08:21,909 --> 00:08:23,951 ♪ ♪ 92 00:08:41,076 --> 00:08:44,535 How, how, how did this happen? Who gave them the idea? 93 00:08:44,618 --> 00:08:46,493 - Are you suggesting I did? - Someone did. 94 00:08:46,577 --> 00:08:50,034 Someone decided that the evacuation zone 95 00:08:50,118 --> 00:08:53,326 should be 30 kilometers, when we know, here, 96 00:08:53,410 --> 00:08:56,076 Cesium-137 in the Gomel district. 97 00:08:56,159 --> 00:08:58,535 - That's 200 kilometers away! - It was decided. 98 00:08:58,618 --> 00:09:01,118 - Based on what? - I don't know! 99 00:09:02,285 --> 00:09:06,368 Forgive me. Maybe I've just spent too much time in my lab. 100 00:09:06,451 --> 00:09:08,201 Or maybe I'm just stupid. 101 00:09:08,285 --> 00:09:11,493 Is this really the way it all works? 102 00:09:11,577 --> 00:09:13,493 An uninformed, arbitrary decision 103 00:09:13,577 --> 00:09:15,827 that will cost who knows how many lives 104 00:09:15,909 --> 00:09:19,868 made by some apparatchik, some career party man? 105 00:09:22,118 --> 00:09:24,326 I'm a career party man. 106 00:09:24,951 --> 00:09:27,993 You should watch your tone, Comrade Legasov. 107 00:09:29,285 --> 00:09:31,034 Pikalov: Comrades... 108 00:09:31,118 --> 00:09:33,702 We have visual confirmation that the fire is nearly extinguished. 109 00:09:33,785 --> 00:09:35,993 There has also been a reduction in iodine 131 110 00:09:36,076 --> 00:09:38,076 and cesium-137 emissions. 111 00:09:38,159 --> 00:09:40,076 Good. Yes? 112 00:09:40,159 --> 00:09:43,076 Pikalov: But the temperature is rising. 113 00:09:43,159 --> 00:09:44,660 And, uh... 114 00:09:51,702 --> 00:09:54,827 There's a spike in zirconium-95. 115 00:09:55,993 --> 00:09:59,285 It's from the cladding on the fuel rods. 116 00:09:59,368 --> 00:10:01,743 Meaning what? 117 00:10:01,827 --> 00:10:04,368 The meltdown has begun. 118 00:10:07,702 --> 00:10:09,827 (helicopters whomping) 119 00:10:15,034 --> 00:10:17,159 (water drops plunking) 120 00:10:34,034 --> 00:10:36,118 (distant man moans) 121 00:10:37,535 --> 00:10:40,577 (moaning continues) 122 00:10:42,785 --> 00:10:44,451 Man: Get it off me! 123 00:10:46,951 --> 00:10:49,410 Get it off me! 124 00:10:51,285 --> 00:10:54,535 (man wailing) 125 00:10:56,493 --> 00:10:58,285 Nurse: Stop moving! 126 00:10:58,368 --> 00:11:01,034 - Get off him! You're hurting him! - (Vasily wailing) 127 00:11:01,118 --> 00:11:03,909 - You can't be in here. - What's happening to him? 128 00:11:03,993 --> 00:11:06,159 - Get out! - (Vasily screaming) 129 00:11:06,243 --> 00:11:08,243 You can't be in here! 130 00:11:12,285 --> 00:11:15,243 - (door slams) - (muffled screaming) 131 00:11:19,785 --> 00:11:21,993 ♪ ♪ 132 00:11:45,577 --> 00:11:47,451 (papers rustle) 133 00:11:47,993 --> 00:11:49,285 (phone rings) 134 00:11:51,034 --> 00:11:53,159 - Yes? -Man (over phone): Comrade Shcherbina is on the phone. 135 00:11:53,243 --> 00:11:54,660 Put him through. 136 00:11:56,118 --> 00:11:57,285 Well? 137 00:11:57,368 --> 00:11:58,993 Shcherbina: The fire's nearly out. 138 00:11:59,076 --> 00:12:00,743 The bubbler tanks are being drained. 139 00:12:00,827 --> 00:12:03,951 We have successfully eliminated the risk of a thermal explosion. 140 00:12:04,034 --> 00:12:05,993 (sighs) 141 00:12:07,159 --> 00:12:08,201 And? 142 00:12:09,702 --> 00:12:11,201 The situation inside the core 143 00:12:11,285 --> 00:12:14,076 is deteriorating faster than anticipated. 144 00:12:14,159 --> 00:12:17,034 The concrete pad will last for six to eight weeks, 145 00:12:17,118 --> 00:12:20,326 but after that, Legasov estimates a 50% chance 146 00:12:20,410 --> 00:12:22,493 that the fuel will breach the pad 147 00:12:22,577 --> 00:12:24,993 and melt down into the groundwater itself. 148 00:12:25,076 --> 00:12:28,368 (stammers) And where does this groundwater go? 149 00:12:28,451 --> 00:12:30,410 The Pripyat River, 150 00:12:30,493 --> 00:12:33,410 which feeds into the Dnieper. 151 00:12:33,493 --> 00:12:37,034 The primary water supply for approximately 50 million people, 152 00:12:37,118 --> 00:12:38,868 not to mention crops and livestock, 153 00:12:38,951 --> 00:12:40,993 would be... unusable. 154 00:12:41,076 --> 00:12:43,951 We're recommending we install a heat exchanger under the pad 155 00:12:44,034 --> 00:12:47,034 to lower to core temperature and halt the meltdown. 156 00:12:47,118 --> 00:12:51,201 And in order to do that, I'm told that we will need... 157 00:12:52,660 --> 00:12:56,702 all of the liquid nitrogen in the Soviet Union. 158 00:12:58,618 --> 00:12:59,827 Gorbachev: Oh. 159 00:13:01,118 --> 00:13:03,535 - All right. -Yeah, and of course, we'll also need... 160 00:13:03,618 --> 00:13:05,159 Whatever you need, you have it. 161 00:13:05,243 --> 00:13:06,660 - That should be clear by now. - Yes. 162 00:13:06,743 --> 00:13:08,285 - Anything else? - No, no, no. Thank you. 163 00:13:08,368 --> 00:13:11,285 Yes. I'd like to address the 30-kilometer exclusion zone. 164 00:13:11,368 --> 00:13:14,451 Wait, what? Professor Legasov, is that you? 165 00:13:14,535 --> 00:13:15,535 What exclusion zone? 166 00:13:15,618 --> 00:13:17,702 Minor details, General Secretary. 167 00:13:17,785 --> 00:13:20,285 Um, Premier Ryzhkov has determined that... 168 00:13:20,368 --> 00:13:22,451 If he determined, then he determined. 169 00:13:22,535 --> 00:13:24,201 Look, Professor Legasov, 170 00:13:24,285 --> 00:13:26,285 you are there for one reason only. 171 00:13:26,368 --> 00:13:28,451 Do you understand? To make this stop. 172 00:13:28,535 --> 00:13:29,827 I don't want questions. 173 00:13:29,909 --> 00:13:31,618 I want to know when this will be over. 174 00:13:31,702 --> 00:13:33,868 If you mean when will Chernobyl be completely safe, 175 00:13:33,951 --> 00:13:37,076 the half-life of plutonium-239 is 24,000 years. 176 00:13:37,159 --> 00:13:40,368 So perhaps we should just say, "Not within our lifetimes." 177 00:13:42,159 --> 00:13:43,743 (line clicks) 178 00:13:52,702 --> 00:13:54,618 I think you and I should take a walk. 179 00:13:54,702 --> 00:13:56,743 It's late. I'm tired. 180 00:13:57,743 --> 00:14:00,285 We're taking a walk. 181 00:14:02,076 --> 00:14:04,243 (dog panting) 182 00:14:06,743 --> 00:14:09,326 Was it it you want? An apology? 183 00:14:10,702 --> 00:14:12,368 Not gonna sit back and... 184 00:14:12,451 --> 00:14:14,451 - (dog whining) - (Legasov sighs) 185 00:14:14,535 --> 00:14:17,493 What will happen to our boys? 186 00:14:17,577 --> 00:14:19,868 Which boys? The divers? 187 00:14:19,951 --> 00:14:23,285 The divers, the firefighters, the men in the control room. 188 00:14:23,368 --> 00:14:26,951 What does the radiation do to them precisely? 189 00:14:28,577 --> 00:14:31,285 At the levels some of them were exposed? 190 00:14:31,368 --> 00:14:35,201 Ionizing radiation tears the cellular structure apart. 191 00:14:35,285 --> 00:14:38,868 The skin blisters, turns red, then black. 192 00:14:39,993 --> 00:14:42,702 This is followed by a latency period. 193 00:14:43,785 --> 00:14:45,577 The immediate effects subside. 194 00:14:45,660 --> 00:14:48,702 The patient appears to be recovering. 195 00:14:48,785 --> 00:14:51,201 Healthy, even. But they aren't. 196 00:14:52,785 --> 00:14:56,326 This usually only lasts for a day or two. 197 00:14:58,702 --> 00:14:59,993 Continue. 198 00:15:01,159 --> 00:15:04,868 Then the cellular damage begins to manifest. 199 00:15:04,951 --> 00:15:10,285 The bone marrow dies, the immune system fails, 200 00:15:10,368 --> 00:15:14,159 the organs and soft tissue begin to decompose. 201 00:15:14,243 --> 00:15:18,243 The arteries and veins spill open like sieves, 202 00:15:18,326 --> 00:15:20,785 to the point where you can't even administer morphine 203 00:15:20,868 --> 00:15:25,118 for the pain, which is... unimaginable. 204 00:15:25,201 --> 00:15:28,702 And then three days to three weeks, you are dead. 205 00:15:30,951 --> 00:15:33,368 That is what will happen to those boys. 206 00:15:35,493 --> 00:15:36,993 And what about us? 207 00:15:40,243 --> 00:15:41,909 Well, we've... 208 00:15:41,993 --> 00:15:46,159 We've gotten a steady dose, but not as much of it. 209 00:15:46,243 --> 00:15:48,243 Not strong enough to kill the cells, 210 00:15:48,326 --> 00:15:51,368 but consistent enough to damage our DNA. 211 00:15:52,868 --> 00:15:56,118 So, in time... cancer. 212 00:15:56,201 --> 00:15:59,410 Or aplastic anemia. Either way, fatal. 213 00:16:02,368 --> 00:16:03,743 Well... 214 00:16:05,326 --> 00:16:11,243 in a sense, it would seem we've gotten off easy then, Valery. 215 00:16:23,785 --> 00:16:25,785 I've seen them before. 216 00:16:31,535 --> 00:16:34,785 Now you know why I wanted to take a walk. 217 00:16:34,909 --> 00:16:37,410 We can presume the work site is bugged. 218 00:16:38,076 --> 00:16:41,993 And our rooms, even our bathrooms. 219 00:16:42,076 --> 00:16:44,493 They've been here the whole time. 220 00:16:44,577 --> 00:16:46,660 Of course they've been here the whole time. 221 00:16:47,909 --> 00:16:51,493 But if we're seeing them out in the open now, 222 00:16:51,577 --> 00:16:54,410 it's because they want us to know. 223 00:17:01,326 --> 00:17:04,076 (distant helicopters thrumming) 224 00:17:11,326 --> 00:17:14,577 (door opens, closes) 225 00:17:36,201 --> 00:17:37,660 Khomyuk: You've seen that? 226 00:17:39,909 --> 00:17:42,034 The fuel is melting faster than we expected. 227 00:17:42,118 --> 00:17:45,159 I know. I have a plan. 228 00:17:45,243 --> 00:17:47,868 Heat exchanger, I hope. 229 00:17:47,951 --> 00:17:49,451 Yes. 230 00:17:52,368 --> 00:17:54,368 There's something I've wanted to ask you, comrade, 231 00:17:54,451 --> 00:17:57,868 but I see you're already asking yourself the same question. 232 00:18:01,868 --> 00:18:04,243 Why did it explode? 233 00:18:05,743 --> 00:18:07,951 I've worked the numbers over and over, 234 00:18:08,034 --> 00:18:11,909 presuming the worst possible conditions in an RBMK reactor. 235 00:18:13,660 --> 00:18:16,243 And I always get the same answer. 236 00:18:16,326 --> 00:18:17,827 Which is? 237 00:18:19,159 --> 00:18:21,410 It's not possible. 238 00:18:21,493 --> 00:18:22,993 And yet... 239 00:18:26,076 --> 00:18:28,326 You're not going to solve this here. 240 00:18:29,868 --> 00:18:31,493 Not on paper. 241 00:18:32,993 --> 00:18:34,868 Everyone who was in the control room, 242 00:18:34,951 --> 00:18:37,243 Dyatlov, Akimov, Toptunov, 243 00:18:37,326 --> 00:18:41,493 they're all in Moscow, Hospital Number 6. 244 00:18:41,577 --> 00:18:44,785 We need to find out exactly what happened that night, 245 00:18:44,868 --> 00:18:48,410 moment by moment, decision by decision. 246 00:18:49,618 --> 00:18:51,909 Go now while they're still alive. 247 00:18:51,993 --> 00:18:53,868 Talk to them. 248 00:18:53,951 --> 00:18:56,827 Because if we don't find out how this happened, 249 00:18:56,909 --> 00:18:59,243 it will happen again. 250 00:19:02,159 --> 00:19:03,951 And, Khomyuk... 251 00:19:05,410 --> 00:19:07,743 be careful. 252 00:19:09,868 --> 00:19:11,951 ♪ ♪ 253 00:19:13,909 --> 00:19:15,451 (elevator dings) 254 00:19:18,368 --> 00:19:20,410 (trucks rumbling) 255 00:19:31,577 --> 00:19:32,951 Well, fuck you! 256 00:19:33,034 --> 00:19:35,993 (men laughing) 257 00:19:36,076 --> 00:19:38,076 Hey, here's one, here's one. 258 00:19:38,159 --> 00:19:40,076 What's as big as a house, 259 00:19:40,159 --> 00:19:43,034 burns 20 liters of fuel every hour, 260 00:19:43,118 --> 00:19:44,993 puts out a shit-load of smoke and noise, 261 00:19:45,076 --> 00:19:48,993 and cuts an apple into three pieces? 262 00:19:51,034 --> 00:19:54,451 A Soviet machine made to cut apples into four pieces! 263 00:19:54,535 --> 00:19:56,827 (men laughing) 264 00:20:01,034 --> 00:20:03,159 (men laughing) 265 00:20:33,785 --> 00:20:36,951 - Who's in charge here? - Glukhov: I'm the crew chief. 266 00:20:37,034 --> 00:20:41,034 I am Shadov, minister of coal industries. 267 00:20:41,118 --> 00:20:42,785 We know who you are. 268 00:20:44,909 --> 00:20:46,410 How many men do you have? 269 00:20:46,493 --> 00:20:50,618 On this shift, 45 here, a hundred in total. 270 00:20:50,702 --> 00:20:55,076 I need all 100 men to gather their equipment and get in the trucks. 271 00:20:55,159 --> 00:20:58,660 Do you? To where? 272 00:21:00,159 --> 00:21:01,493 That's classified. 273 00:21:07,827 --> 00:21:08,993 Come on, then. 274 00:21:09,076 --> 00:21:10,702 Start shooting. 275 00:21:10,785 --> 00:21:13,993 You haven't got enough bullets for all of us. 276 00:21:14,076 --> 00:21:16,076 Kill as many as you can, whoever's left, 277 00:21:16,159 --> 00:21:17,993 they'll beat the living piss out of each of you. 278 00:21:18,076 --> 00:21:21,410 - Soldier: You can't talk to us like that! - Shut the fuck up! 279 00:21:21,493 --> 00:21:24,326 This is Tula. This is our mine. 280 00:21:25,285 --> 00:21:27,410 We don't leave unless we know why. 281 00:21:29,201 --> 00:21:30,577 Mm. 282 00:21:34,451 --> 00:21:36,535 You're going to Chernobyl. 283 00:21:38,577 --> 00:21:40,951 Do you know what's happened there? 284 00:21:41,034 --> 00:21:43,285 We dig up coal, not bodies. 285 00:21:43,368 --> 00:21:46,535 The reactor fuel is going to sink into the ground 286 00:21:46,618 --> 00:21:49,868 and poison the water from Kiev to the Black Sea. 287 00:21:49,951 --> 00:21:51,410 All of it. 288 00:21:52,326 --> 00:21:53,909 Forever, they say. 289 00:21:55,827 --> 00:21:59,118 They want you to stop that from happening. 290 00:21:59,201 --> 00:22:01,451 And how are we supposed to do that? 291 00:22:02,868 --> 00:22:06,118 They didn't tell me, because I don't need to know. 292 00:22:07,368 --> 00:22:10,118 Do you need to know, or have you heard enough? 293 00:22:37,326 --> 00:22:38,743 (pats) 294 00:22:42,326 --> 00:22:44,993 (men muttering) 295 00:22:50,993 --> 00:22:53,993 Now you look like the minister of coal. 296 00:23:07,201 --> 00:23:09,159 (labored breathing) 297 00:23:13,285 --> 00:23:15,368 (moans softly) 298 00:23:15,451 --> 00:23:16,951 Vasya? 299 00:23:18,451 --> 00:23:19,785 Vasya? 300 00:23:20,785 --> 00:23:23,368 (inhales sharply) 301 00:23:25,868 --> 00:23:27,785 (softly): No, no, no. 302 00:23:27,868 --> 00:23:30,118 They told you no touching. 303 00:23:30,201 --> 00:23:32,451 It's not safe. 304 00:23:32,535 --> 00:23:34,827 They touch you. (kisses) 305 00:23:35,868 --> 00:23:37,993 If it's safe for them, it's safe for me. 306 00:23:40,743 --> 00:23:43,326 (breathing shakily) 307 00:23:47,993 --> 00:23:49,909 Where are the others? 308 00:23:49,993 --> 00:23:52,493 They took them to a special room. 309 00:23:53,451 --> 00:23:55,201 They won't tell me where. 310 00:23:59,493 --> 00:24:01,951 Will you open the curtains? 311 00:24:02,034 --> 00:24:05,326 - Hmm? - Open the curtains. 312 00:24:08,743 --> 00:24:10,410 Aah. 313 00:24:10,493 --> 00:24:12,577 (panting) 314 00:24:14,868 --> 00:24:16,285 (grunts softly) 315 00:24:21,868 --> 00:24:23,951 (laughing) 316 00:24:27,410 --> 00:24:30,326 Please, tell me what you see outside. 317 00:24:30,410 --> 00:24:31,951 Tell me everything. 318 00:24:39,535 --> 00:24:40,868 Huh. 319 00:24:42,451 --> 00:24:44,535 I can see the Red Square. 320 00:24:47,285 --> 00:24:49,326 And... 321 00:24:49,410 --> 00:24:51,118 the Kremlin. 322 00:24:52,368 --> 00:24:55,827 Spasskaya Tower, the Mausoleum. 323 00:24:55,909 --> 00:24:58,118 ♪ ♪ 324 00:24:58,201 --> 00:25:00,702 You see St. Basil's? 325 00:25:00,785 --> 00:25:02,909 Yeah. 326 00:25:02,993 --> 00:25:04,868 Ah. 327 00:25:04,951 --> 00:25:06,743 Yes, it's beautiful. 328 00:25:08,368 --> 00:25:10,159 I told you. 329 00:25:10,243 --> 00:25:13,577 I told you I'd show you Moscow, remember? 330 00:25:13,660 --> 00:25:16,618 - Huh? - Yeah. Yes. 331 00:25:22,410 --> 00:25:24,243 Thank you. 332 00:25:28,034 --> 00:25:30,827 (softly panting) 333 00:25:30,909 --> 00:25:32,993 ♪ ♪ 334 00:25:42,034 --> 00:25:44,118 (man groans) 335 00:25:47,201 --> 00:25:48,785 (man retches) 336 00:26:00,660 --> 00:26:03,034 (labored breathing) 337 00:26:11,368 --> 00:26:14,201 I'm not eating that. It's shit. 338 00:26:14,951 --> 00:26:17,201 Get me something else. 339 00:26:17,285 --> 00:26:20,034 I'm not a nurse, Comrade Dyatlov. 340 00:26:20,118 --> 00:26:22,076 I'm a nuclear physicist. 341 00:26:22,785 --> 00:26:25,410 Well, then, Comrade Nuclear Physicist... 342 00:26:26,702 --> 00:26:31,159 unless you happen to have a butter and caviar sandwich on you, 343 00:26:31,243 --> 00:26:34,493 you can get the fuck out of my room. 344 00:26:49,034 --> 00:26:51,159 ♪ ♪ 345 00:27:05,285 --> 00:27:07,368 ♪ ♪ 346 00:27:23,368 --> 00:27:26,034 ♪ ♪ 347 00:27:41,076 --> 00:27:43,410 ♪ ♪ 348 00:27:52,243 --> 00:27:53,577 What? 349 00:27:55,076 --> 00:27:57,577 I'm not good at this, Boris. 350 00:27:57,660 --> 00:27:59,410 The lying. 351 00:28:03,868 --> 00:28:06,785 Have you ever spent time with miners? 352 00:28:08,451 --> 00:28:09,743 No. 353 00:28:09,827 --> 00:28:12,368 My advice: tell the truth. 354 00:28:12,451 --> 00:28:16,076 These men work in the dark. They see everything. 355 00:28:17,451 --> 00:28:19,951 Andrei Glukhov, crew chief. 356 00:28:35,368 --> 00:28:37,285 Do these work? 357 00:28:38,201 --> 00:28:39,993 To an extent. 358 00:28:42,660 --> 00:28:44,660 Of course. 359 00:28:56,285 --> 00:28:58,618 So what's the job? 360 00:28:59,827 --> 00:29:03,410 We need to install a liquid nitrogen heat exchanger 361 00:29:03,493 --> 00:29:06,618 underneath this concrete pad. 362 00:29:06,702 --> 00:29:10,618 There's no way to approach from the interior of the building, 363 00:29:10,702 --> 00:29:12,743 so you have to get at it from underground. 364 00:29:12,827 --> 00:29:16,618 - And what's above the pad? - The core of the nuclear reactor, 365 00:29:16,702 --> 00:29:19,660 which is melting down. 366 00:29:19,743 --> 00:29:22,326 What? Like... 367 00:29:23,868 --> 00:29:25,076 Essentially. 368 00:29:26,909 --> 00:29:28,243 Is it gonna fall on top of us? 369 00:29:28,326 --> 00:29:30,326 Not if you're done within six weeks. 370 00:29:32,285 --> 00:29:34,159 Dimensions? 371 00:29:37,159 --> 00:29:39,076 Break ground here, 372 00:29:39,159 --> 00:29:41,451 dig a tunnel 150 meters to here, 373 00:29:41,535 --> 00:29:44,660 excavate a space 30 by 30 meters 374 00:29:44,743 --> 00:29:46,368 for the heat exchanger. 375 00:29:46,451 --> 00:29:49,618 And because we need to keep disruption of the ground above to a minimum, 376 00:29:49,702 --> 00:29:51,577 you can't use any heavy machinery. 377 00:29:51,660 --> 00:29:53,034 It has to be done by hand. 378 00:29:53,118 --> 00:29:55,410 Then I need more men. 379 00:29:56,951 --> 00:29:58,285 Four hundred at least. 380 00:29:58,368 --> 00:30:00,868 We'll have to work around the clock. 381 00:30:00,951 --> 00:30:02,785 How deep do you want this tunnel? Six meters? 382 00:30:02,868 --> 00:30:05,785 - Twelve. - Twelve? Why? 383 00:30:05,868 --> 00:30:08,368 For your protection. 384 00:30:08,451 --> 00:30:12,285 At that depth, you'll be shielded from much of the radiation. 385 00:30:12,368 --> 00:30:16,618 The entrance to the tunnel won't be 12 meters below ground. 386 00:30:17,909 --> 00:30:19,743 No. 387 00:30:19,827 --> 00:30:22,868 And we're not 12 meters below ground now. 388 00:30:27,493 --> 00:30:30,451 No. We're not. 389 00:30:33,201 --> 00:30:35,201 Shcherbina: We have some equipment here on site. 390 00:30:35,285 --> 00:30:38,451 More will arrive by midnight. 391 00:30:39,951 --> 00:30:41,451 You can start in the morning. 392 00:30:41,535 --> 00:30:43,034 No. We start now. 393 00:30:43,118 --> 00:30:47,076 I don't want my men here one more second than they need to be. 394 00:30:48,909 --> 00:30:52,577 If these worked, you'd be wearing them. 395 00:30:58,243 --> 00:31:00,076 (sighs) 396 00:31:02,493 --> 00:31:04,201 Are they all like that? 397 00:31:04,285 --> 00:31:06,660 They're all like that. 398 00:31:09,743 --> 00:31:11,993 ♪ ♪ 399 00:31:26,785 --> 00:31:28,868 (lantern rattling) 400 00:31:30,868 --> 00:31:32,951 (men grunting) 401 00:31:39,535 --> 00:31:41,618 ♪ ♪ 402 00:32:21,368 --> 00:32:23,535 (men shouting indistinctly) 403 00:32:30,827 --> 00:32:32,034 Miner: Yes? 404 00:32:32,118 --> 00:32:34,702 - What's it up to? - Uh, 50 degrees. 405 00:32:39,034 --> 00:32:40,285 Fuck! 406 00:32:44,577 --> 00:32:46,451 Glukhov: Hey! 407 00:32:46,535 --> 00:32:47,909 Hey you! 408 00:32:57,285 --> 00:33:00,285 - We need fans. - For what purpose? 409 00:33:00,368 --> 00:33:02,201 What do you mean, "For what purpose?" 410 00:33:02,285 --> 00:33:03,993 To dig your fucking tunnel, that's why. 411 00:33:04,076 --> 00:33:06,951 - Who's talking to you? - Whoa, whoa. Comrades. 412 00:33:07,034 --> 00:33:09,410 It's 50 degrees down there. 413 00:33:09,493 --> 00:33:11,118 We can't breathe without the masks, 414 00:33:11,201 --> 00:33:12,660 we can't breathe with the masks. 415 00:33:12,743 --> 00:33:15,618 It's like a fucking oven. We need ventilation. 416 00:33:15,702 --> 00:33:18,827 Fans will put dust in the air, the dust will go in your lungs. 417 00:33:18,909 --> 00:33:21,577 I've been breathing dust in my lungs for 20 years. 418 00:33:21,660 --> 00:33:24,285 Not this dust. I'm sorry. 419 00:33:24,368 --> 00:33:27,577 For your own good, no fans. 420 00:33:34,285 --> 00:33:36,410 (man gasping quietly) 421 00:33:45,243 --> 00:33:47,410 (labored breathing) 422 00:33:55,577 --> 00:33:57,702 My name is Ulana Khomyuk. 423 00:33:57,785 --> 00:34:01,285 I'm a nuclear physicist with the Chernobyl Commission. 424 00:34:03,118 --> 00:34:05,243 I want you to tell me everything that happened 425 00:34:05,326 --> 00:34:07,451 on the night of the accident. 426 00:34:08,451 --> 00:34:10,118 Is that all right? 427 00:34:12,868 --> 00:34:14,159 Yes. 428 00:34:16,285 --> 00:34:17,868 I want to tell. 429 00:34:18,951 --> 00:34:20,493 All right. 430 00:34:31,118 --> 00:34:33,034 (wheezing) 431 00:34:33,118 --> 00:34:35,951 Your official title was? 432 00:34:38,493 --> 00:34:43,243 My name is Leonid Fedorovych Toptunov. 433 00:34:43,326 --> 00:34:49,493 I am the senior reactor control chief engineer 434 00:34:49,577 --> 00:34:52,201 at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. 435 00:34:55,827 --> 00:34:58,201 Senior engineer? 436 00:35:00,159 --> 00:35:01,993 How old are you? 437 00:35:06,618 --> 00:35:08,743 (gasping): I'm 25. 438 00:35:50,909 --> 00:35:53,034 (gurney rattling) 439 00:35:56,493 --> 00:35:58,368 Vasily (weakly): Lyusya? Lyusya? 440 00:35:58,451 --> 00:36:00,868 Yes, I'm here, I'm here. I'm... 441 00:36:10,326 --> 00:36:12,451 (labored breathing) 442 00:36:15,868 --> 00:36:17,951 Have you been here this whole time? 443 00:36:18,034 --> 00:36:20,577 No one said I should leave. 444 00:36:20,660 --> 00:36:21,993 I did. 445 00:36:22,076 --> 00:36:23,326 Thirty minutes, I said! 446 00:36:23,410 --> 00:36:26,909 Well, where have you been? When he's in pain? 447 00:36:26,993 --> 00:36:28,243 When his sores stick to his gown? 448 00:36:28,326 --> 00:36:29,951 When he soils himself five times a night? 449 00:36:30,034 --> 00:36:31,827 I've been looking after him. Where have you been? 450 00:36:31,909 --> 00:36:33,743 I've been In the north and west wing, 451 00:36:33,827 --> 00:36:37,326 where there are dozens of patients from Chernobyl exactly like him. 452 00:36:37,410 --> 00:36:39,076 - It isn't safe for you here. - He's my husband. 453 00:36:39,159 --> 00:36:40,201 Not anymore. 454 00:36:40,285 --> 00:36:42,159 He's something else now. Do you understand? 455 00:36:42,243 --> 00:36:44,993 He's dangerous to you. 456 00:36:45,076 --> 00:36:47,618 He's burned. 457 00:36:47,702 --> 00:36:49,368 Go home. 458 00:36:50,159 --> 00:36:51,535 Please. 459 00:36:54,618 --> 00:36:57,493 It won't take much longer. I, uh... 460 00:37:00,993 --> 00:37:03,951 I don't want him to die alone. 461 00:37:06,159 --> 00:37:08,493 Stay on the other side of the plastic. 462 00:37:10,076 --> 00:37:11,951 Or I'll have you removed by security. 463 00:37:14,326 --> 00:37:16,451 ♪ ♪ 464 00:37:20,368 --> 00:37:23,618 - (door opens, closes) - (labored breathing) 465 00:37:27,535 --> 00:37:29,660 (Vasily wheezing) 466 00:37:55,535 --> 00:37:57,660 ♪ ♪ 467 00:38:11,201 --> 00:38:13,368 - Lyusya? - Yes, my love. 468 00:38:16,368 --> 00:38:19,118 Is it day? 469 00:38:19,201 --> 00:38:21,451 No, it's nighttime now. 470 00:38:25,410 --> 00:38:27,285 I think I had a dream, 471 00:38:27,368 --> 00:38:29,285 it's just gone. 472 00:38:30,951 --> 00:38:32,535 Vasya. 473 00:38:38,201 --> 00:38:40,201 We're going to have a baby. 474 00:38:41,451 --> 00:38:43,577 (labored breathing) 475 00:38:54,076 --> 00:38:56,118 ♪ ♪ 476 00:39:09,285 --> 00:39:12,451 (door opens, closes) 477 00:39:17,034 --> 00:39:18,410 The fire's out. 478 00:39:21,076 --> 00:39:22,660 It's out, Valera. 479 00:39:23,785 --> 00:39:26,410 The miners are making incredible progress. 480 00:39:27,410 --> 00:39:30,618 They say the whole job will be finished in four weeks. 481 00:39:32,326 --> 00:39:34,243 Four weeks. 482 00:39:34,326 --> 00:39:36,451 Can you believe that? 483 00:39:42,243 --> 00:39:44,451 I know the job isn't over. 484 00:39:45,993 --> 00:39:47,993 But it's the beginning of the end. 485 00:39:50,618 --> 00:39:52,451 - (knocking) - (door opens) 486 00:39:53,577 --> 00:39:56,451 I'm sorry to bother you, Deputy Minister, but... 487 00:39:58,410 --> 00:39:59,785 it is the miners. 488 00:39:59,868 --> 00:40:03,285 - (metal striking dirt) - (miners grunting, coughing) 489 00:40:29,785 --> 00:40:31,993 (indistinct shouting) 490 00:40:47,993 --> 00:40:49,243 What? 491 00:40:49,326 --> 00:40:51,909 You wouldn't give us fans, it's too hot for clothes. 492 00:40:51,993 --> 00:40:55,034 So we're digging the old way. This is how our fathers mined. 493 00:40:57,034 --> 00:40:58,827 We're still wearing the fucking hats. 494 00:40:58,909 --> 00:41:00,702 What do you want? 495 00:41:03,702 --> 00:41:06,451 You're not as protected now. 496 00:41:06,535 --> 00:41:09,243 Are you telling me it will make a difference? 497 00:41:14,493 --> 00:41:16,577 When this is over, 498 00:41:16,660 --> 00:41:18,577 will they be looked after? 499 00:41:22,076 --> 00:41:23,868 I don't know. 500 00:41:34,618 --> 00:41:36,410 You don't know. 501 00:41:51,285 --> 00:41:53,410 (labored breathing) 502 00:41:55,076 --> 00:42:00,159 So the power level jumped from 200 to 400 megawatts? 503 00:42:00,243 --> 00:42:02,076 Yes. 504 00:42:02,993 --> 00:42:04,743 Very fast. 505 00:42:06,076 --> 00:42:09,618 Why didn't you initiate an emergency shutdown? 506 00:42:09,702 --> 00:42:12,410 Why didn't you press the AZ-5 button? 507 00:42:13,993 --> 00:42:15,285 We did. 508 00:42:15,368 --> 00:42:18,951 I reported the increase to Akimov, 509 00:42:19,034 --> 00:42:21,118 and he pressed the button. 510 00:42:22,118 --> 00:42:25,535 Leonid, that's... that's not possible. 511 00:42:26,993 --> 00:42:28,785 He did. 512 00:42:28,868 --> 00:42:30,827 I s-swear. 513 00:42:30,909 --> 00:42:33,034 I saw him do it. 514 00:42:36,618 --> 00:42:38,868 And that's when it exploded. 515 00:42:41,660 --> 00:42:43,118 What? 516 00:42:45,368 --> 00:42:47,118 (door opens) 517 00:42:50,868 --> 00:42:52,951 (cart rattling) 518 00:42:56,951 --> 00:42:58,159 Khomyuk: Um... 519 00:42:59,285 --> 00:43:02,368 - Which room is Akimov? - Twenty-seven. 520 00:43:09,493 --> 00:43:11,535 (crying) 521 00:43:17,159 --> 00:43:21,076 Akimov: I pressed it... before the explosion. 522 00:43:21,159 --> 00:43:22,868 Before. 523 00:43:24,993 --> 00:43:27,618 (weakly): But why? 524 00:43:27,702 --> 00:43:29,743 Why would that happen? 525 00:43:31,201 --> 00:43:34,660 I shut it down. I pressed AZ-5. 526 00:43:36,493 --> 00:43:38,326 (Khomyuk breathes shakily) 527 00:43:40,451 --> 00:43:42,410 Thank you, Comrade Akimov. 528 00:43:44,535 --> 00:43:47,159 (labored breathing) 529 00:43:47,243 --> 00:43:49,285 Akimov: I did everything right. 530 00:43:50,743 --> 00:43:52,868 I did everything right. 531 00:43:54,076 --> 00:43:55,702 (Khomyuk sighs) 532 00:44:23,909 --> 00:44:25,451 (whispering): Get out. 533 00:44:25,535 --> 00:44:27,076 Get out. Get out of here. 534 00:44:27,159 --> 00:44:29,493 Let me go! Let me go! 535 00:44:29,577 --> 00:44:32,118 Stop it! Stop it! 536 00:44:34,743 --> 00:44:37,368 You let her in that room? Inside the plastic, touching him? 537 00:44:37,451 --> 00:44:39,993 - Did you know she's pregnant? - It's not true! 538 00:44:40,076 --> 00:44:43,785 - What have you done? -What kind of place is this? Where is her protection? 539 00:44:43,868 --> 00:44:46,827 - Do you have any idea what you're dealing with? - Of course I do. 540 00:44:46,909 --> 00:44:48,368 - Please, I do not... - No. 541 00:44:48,451 --> 00:44:50,660 - People are going to hear about this. - Wait. 542 00:44:50,743 --> 00:44:52,493 People are going to hear. Do you understand? 543 00:44:52,577 --> 00:44:54,493 Everyone is going to hear. 544 00:44:54,577 --> 00:44:56,618 Man: What is everyone gonna hear? 545 00:45:02,785 --> 00:45:04,660 I am with the official Chernobyl Commission, 546 00:45:04,743 --> 00:45:06,868 and I've been authorized by Valery Legasov. 547 00:45:06,951 --> 00:45:10,201 - You can check this. My name is Ulana... - We know who you are. 548 00:45:13,618 --> 00:45:16,535 What is everyone gonna hear? 549 00:45:36,493 --> 00:45:38,451 Shcherbina; You have your notes? 550 00:45:38,535 --> 00:45:40,118 Yes. 551 00:45:42,368 --> 00:45:44,076 Khomyuk was arrested last night. 552 00:45:44,159 --> 00:45:46,868 What? Why? 553 00:45:46,951 --> 00:45:48,410 I don't know. 554 00:45:49,577 --> 00:45:52,909 - Was it...? - Of course it was. 555 00:45:54,326 --> 00:45:55,451 I'm working on it. 556 00:45:55,535 --> 00:45:58,368 - Boris... - I'm working on it. 557 00:45:59,618 --> 00:46:01,743 What more do you want from me? 558 00:46:01,827 --> 00:46:03,326 Fix your tie. 559 00:46:07,326 --> 00:46:08,702 (door opens) 560 00:46:09,827 --> 00:46:11,243 They'll see you now. 561 00:46:21,326 --> 00:46:24,909 After thousands of sorties, our brave helicopter crews 562 00:46:24,993 --> 00:46:26,410 successfully extinguished the fire. 563 00:46:26,493 --> 00:46:29,118 The miners are working heroically to ensure 564 00:46:29,201 --> 00:46:31,326 that the fuel does not reach the groundwater. 565 00:46:31,410 --> 00:46:33,577 And furthermore, there is no longer 566 00:46:33,660 --> 00:46:35,201 a threat of additional explosion. 567 00:46:35,285 --> 00:46:40,118 The Soviet people have faced the challenge and risen to the task, 568 00:46:40,201 --> 00:46:42,785 and they and everyone in this room are to be commended. 569 00:46:47,993 --> 00:46:50,618 Lastly, Professor Legasov and I have been vigilant 570 00:46:50,702 --> 00:46:53,076 to protect the security interests of the State. 571 00:46:53,159 --> 00:46:55,743 And since the unfortunate release of information 572 00:46:55,827 --> 00:46:57,118 directly following the accident, 573 00:46:57,201 --> 00:47:00,159 we believe that there has been no further lapse. 574 00:47:00,243 --> 00:47:02,660 Comrade Charkov, 575 00:47:02,743 --> 00:47:06,702 we hope we have lived up to the highest standards of the KGB. 576 00:47:06,785 --> 00:47:07,827 You have. 577 00:47:07,909 --> 00:47:09,577 Shcherbina: Thank you. 578 00:47:10,743 --> 00:47:14,118 Professor Legasov will now speak about 579 00:47:14,201 --> 00:47:15,660 the work that remains. 580 00:47:17,785 --> 00:47:19,451 Thank you. 581 00:47:22,909 --> 00:47:25,827 Deputy Chairman Shcherbina has given you the good news, 582 00:47:25,909 --> 00:47:27,827 and it is good. 583 00:47:27,909 --> 00:47:30,451 The immediate danger is over. 584 00:47:30,535 --> 00:47:33,660 Now, I'm afraid, a long war must begin. 585 00:47:34,785 --> 00:47:37,535 There is an enormous amount of radioactive debris 586 00:47:37,618 --> 00:47:39,743 and contamination spread out across a zone 587 00:47:39,827 --> 00:47:42,285 of approximately 2600 square kilometers. 588 00:47:42,368 --> 00:47:47,743 This entire region must be completely evacuated. 589 00:47:47,827 --> 00:47:51,951 We must go to every town, every village to ensure this. 590 00:47:52,034 --> 00:47:57,868 And all animals still surviving within the zone, 591 00:47:57,951 --> 00:48:00,577 whether domesticated or wild, 592 00:48:00,660 --> 00:48:04,909 must be presumed contaminated and will have to be destroyed 593 00:48:04,993 --> 00:48:08,368 to prevent the spread of radiation and disease. 594 00:48:08,451 --> 00:48:11,868 In the immediate area surrounding Chernobyl, 595 00:48:11,951 --> 00:48:17,410 uh, every rock, every tree, the very ground itself, 596 00:48:17,493 --> 00:48:21,368 has absorbed a dangerous amount of radionuclides, 597 00:48:21,451 --> 00:48:24,451 which will be carried by the wind and the rain if left exposed. 598 00:48:24,535 --> 00:48:26,868 So we will have to raze entire forests. 599 00:48:26,951 --> 00:48:29,034 We will have to rip up the top layer of earth 600 00:48:29,118 --> 00:48:30,410 and bury it under itself, 601 00:48:30,493 --> 00:48:34,034 approximately, 100 square kilometers. 602 00:48:35,743 --> 00:48:39,076 Um, and finally, we will need to construct 603 00:48:39,159 --> 00:48:44,118 a containment structure around the power plant itself, 604 00:48:44,201 --> 00:48:47,743 which will, of course, still be extremely... 605 00:48:50,410 --> 00:48:52,326 There will be deaths. 606 00:48:55,660 --> 00:48:57,451 What amount of time, 607 00:48:57,535 --> 00:48:59,159 and how many men do you require? 608 00:48:59,243 --> 00:49:02,993 We expect this liquidation effort to take three years 609 00:49:03,076 --> 00:49:05,410 and approximately 750,000 men, 610 00:49:05,493 --> 00:49:10,868 including a number of doctors and structural engineers. 611 00:49:10,951 --> 00:49:13,410 How many deaths? 612 00:49:13,493 --> 00:49:15,451 Thousands. 613 00:49:15,535 --> 00:49:18,076 Perhaps tens of thousands. 614 00:49:25,493 --> 00:49:27,201 Gorbachev: Begin at once. 615 00:49:29,451 --> 00:49:31,535 (men murmuring) 616 00:49:32,618 --> 00:49:35,201 - Legasov: Comrade Charkov. - Shcherbina: Valery! 617 00:49:36,868 --> 00:49:38,201 Yes, Professor? 618 00:49:39,243 --> 00:49:42,118 My associate was arrested last night. 619 00:49:42,201 --> 00:49:43,535 Oh? 620 00:49:44,535 --> 00:49:47,743 I mean no disrespect, but I was wondering if you could tell me why. 621 00:49:47,827 --> 00:49:50,118 I assure you, I don't know who you're talking about. 622 00:49:50,201 --> 00:49:52,993 She was arrested by the KGB. 623 00:49:53,076 --> 00:49:56,118 You are the first deputy chairman of the KGB. 624 00:49:56,201 --> 00:49:57,660 I am. 625 00:49:57,743 --> 00:50:00,660 That's why I don't have to bother with arresting people anymore. 626 00:50:00,743 --> 00:50:03,159 But you are bothering with having us followed. 627 00:50:04,493 --> 00:50:06,951 I think the deputy chairman is busy. 628 00:50:07,034 --> 00:50:09,159 No, no. It's perfectly understandable. 629 00:50:09,243 --> 00:50:13,159 Comrade, I know you've heard the stories about us. 630 00:50:13,243 --> 00:50:15,577 When I hear them, even I am shocked. 631 00:50:15,660 --> 00:50:17,577 But we are not what people say. 632 00:50:17,660 --> 00:50:20,410 Yes, people are following you. 633 00:50:20,493 --> 00:50:22,909 People are following those people. 634 00:50:22,993 --> 00:50:24,243 You see them? 635 00:50:26,660 --> 00:50:28,368 They follow me. 636 00:50:28,451 --> 00:50:32,535 The KGB is a circle of accountability. 637 00:50:32,618 --> 00:50:33,827 Nothing more. 638 00:50:33,909 --> 00:50:36,326 You know the work we're doing here. 639 00:50:37,702 --> 00:50:40,451 - You really don't trust us? - Of course I do. 640 00:50:40,535 --> 00:50:43,743 But you know the old Russian proverb: 641 00:50:43,827 --> 00:50:45,868 "Trust but verify." 642 00:50:47,785 --> 00:50:51,368 And the Americans think that Ronald Reagan thought that up. 643 00:50:51,451 --> 00:50:52,785 Can you imagine? 644 00:50:53,909 --> 00:50:56,368 It was very nice speaking with you. 645 00:50:56,451 --> 00:50:58,034 I need her. 646 00:51:00,618 --> 00:51:03,201 So you will be accountable for her? 647 00:51:07,785 --> 00:51:09,326 Then it's done. 648 00:51:10,159 --> 00:51:13,201 - Her name is... - I know who she is. 649 00:51:13,285 --> 00:51:15,118 Good day, Professor. 650 00:51:24,827 --> 00:51:28,410 No, that went surprisingly well. 651 00:51:28,493 --> 00:51:30,660 You came off like a naive idiot. 652 00:51:32,034 --> 00:51:34,827 And naive idiots are not a threat. 653 00:51:50,326 --> 00:51:52,993 Man: I'll come back when the paperwork is complete. 654 00:52:00,660 --> 00:52:03,577 - Are you all right? - They didn't hurt me. 655 00:52:05,368 --> 00:52:07,868 They let a pregnant woman into a room with a... 656 00:52:07,951 --> 00:52:11,118 (sighs) It doesn't matter. 657 00:52:11,201 --> 00:52:13,868 They were stupid. I was stupid. 658 00:52:15,285 --> 00:52:17,285 Dyatlov won't talk to me. 659 00:52:18,493 --> 00:52:22,076 Akimov, yes, Toptunov, yes, but... 660 00:52:22,159 --> 00:52:24,785 (sighs) Valery, 661 00:52:24,868 --> 00:52:26,368 Akimov... 662 00:52:27,577 --> 00:52:29,285 his face was gone. 663 00:52:32,034 --> 00:52:33,702 You want to stop? 664 00:52:35,577 --> 00:52:38,034 Is that a choice I even have? 665 00:52:45,868 --> 00:52:49,660 Do you think the fuel will actually melt through the concrete pad? 666 00:52:49,743 --> 00:52:53,243 I don't know. A 40% chance maybe. 667 00:52:55,743 --> 00:52:58,535 I said 50. (chuckles) 668 00:52:58,618 --> 00:53:00,909 Either way, the numbers mean the same thing: 669 00:53:00,993 --> 00:53:03,034 "Maybe." 670 00:53:03,118 --> 00:53:04,827 (sighing) 671 00:53:04,909 --> 00:53:08,201 Maybe the core will melt through to the groundwater. 672 00:53:08,285 --> 00:53:10,660 Maybe the miners who I've told to dig under the reactor 673 00:53:10,743 --> 00:53:13,159 will save millions of lives. 674 00:53:14,410 --> 00:53:16,909 Maybe I'm killing them for nothing. 675 00:53:20,743 --> 00:53:22,785 I don't want to do this anymore. 676 00:53:24,326 --> 00:53:25,827 I want to stop. 677 00:53:27,535 --> 00:53:29,034 But I can't. 678 00:53:30,201 --> 00:53:33,285 I don't think you have a choice any more than I do. 679 00:53:34,660 --> 00:53:38,034 I think, despite the stupidity, 680 00:53:38,118 --> 00:53:40,868 the lies, even this... 681 00:53:40,951 --> 00:53:43,034 you are compelled. 682 00:53:43,118 --> 00:53:45,535 The problem has been assigned, and you will stop at nothing 683 00:53:45,618 --> 00:53:47,034 until you find an answer. 684 00:53:47,118 --> 00:53:50,285 Because that is who you are. 685 00:53:52,118 --> 00:53:53,993 A lunatic, then. 686 00:53:55,827 --> 00:53:58,076 A scientist. 687 00:53:58,159 --> 00:54:00,034 (door unlocking) 688 00:54:19,034 --> 00:54:21,993 Did you know that they were running a safety test? 689 00:54:23,201 --> 00:54:25,993 - Yeah. - There's something else. 690 00:54:27,326 --> 00:54:30,493 Akimov says they shut the reactor down, 691 00:54:30,577 --> 00:54:32,909 and Toptunov confirms it. 692 00:54:32,993 --> 00:54:36,827 - They pressed AZ-5. - Apparently not soon enough. 693 00:54:36,909 --> 00:54:38,451 No. 694 00:54:38,535 --> 00:54:43,159 They say Akimov pressed AZ-5, 695 00:54:43,243 --> 00:54:45,868 and then the reactor exploded. 696 00:54:47,326 --> 00:54:50,201 If it had been just one of them, I would have put it under 697 00:54:50,285 --> 00:54:52,535 faulty memory or delusion even, 698 00:54:52,618 --> 00:54:56,410 but they both agreed. They were adamant. 699 00:55:00,909 --> 00:55:02,410 Comrade? 700 00:55:04,535 --> 00:55:08,118 - Do you think it's possible? - I think it makes no sense. 701 00:55:08,201 --> 00:55:11,660 I think it's what I would say if I was trying to cover my own mistakes. 702 00:55:11,743 --> 00:55:13,368 But? 703 00:55:14,493 --> 00:55:16,201 I believed them. 704 00:55:18,326 --> 00:55:19,785 Then you should pursue it. 705 00:55:19,868 --> 00:55:23,868 We have to pursue every possibility, 706 00:55:23,951 --> 00:55:26,535 no matter how unlikely, 707 00:55:26,618 --> 00:55:29,577 no matter what or who's to blame. 708 00:55:31,076 --> 00:55:35,410 I'll go back to the hospital and reinterview Akimov and Toptunov. 709 00:55:38,034 --> 00:55:39,660 If they're still awake. 710 00:55:41,034 --> 00:55:42,618 They're not. 711 00:55:44,410 --> 00:55:45,827 Guard: Khomyuk. 712 00:55:50,577 --> 00:55:52,618 ♪ ♪ 713 00:56:00,909 --> 00:56:02,993 ♪ ♪ 714 00:56:35,493 --> 00:56:37,618 ♪ ♪ 715 00:56:40,493 --> 00:56:43,535 (soldier speaking indistinctly) 716 00:56:48,326 --> 00:56:50,618 (speaks indistinctly) 717 00:56:54,326 --> 00:56:56,535 ♪ ♪ 718 00:57:06,827 --> 00:57:09,159 ♪ ♪ 719 00:57:26,702 --> 00:57:28,827 ♪ ♪ 720 00:57:51,868 --> 00:57:53,909 ♪ ♪ 721 00:58:16,118 --> 00:58:19,285 ♪ ♪ 722 00:58:35,034 --> 00:58:37,076 (truck rumbling) 723 00:59:07,451 --> 00:59:09,785 ♪ ♪ 724 00:59:43,743 --> 00:59:46,076 ♪ ♪ 725 01:00:06,243 --> 01:00:08,702 (dosimeter clicking) 726 01:00:22,285 --> 01:00:24,368 ♪ ♪ 727 01:00:55,243 --> 01:00:57,368 ♪ ♪ 728 01:01:30,159 --> 01:01:32,243 ♪ ♪ 729 01:02:34,493 --> 01:02:36,535 ♪ ♪ 730 01:02:50,326 --> 01:02:52,410 ♪ (FOLK MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 731 01:03:08,493 --> 01:03:10,410 ULYANA KHOMYUK: To hell with our lives. 732 01:03:12,076 --> 01:03:14,034 Someone has to start telling the truth. 733 01:03:15,076 --> 01:03:16,535 ANATOLY DYATLOV: You think the right question 734 01:03:16,618 --> 01:03:17,702 will get you the truth? 735 01:03:18,577 --> 01:03:19,951 I know they're listening. 736 01:03:20,535 --> 01:03:22,076 There is no truth. 737 01:03:22,785 --> 01:03:24,076 (WOMAN YELPS) 738 01:03:24,493 --> 01:03:27,118 ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪