1 00:00:34,574 --> 00:00:36,200 What is the cost of lies? 2 00:00:38,244 --> 00:00:40,288 It's not that we'll mistake them for the truth. 3 00:00:41,164 --> 00:00:44,000 The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, 4 00:00:45,001 --> 00:00:47,712 then we no longer recognize the truth at all. 5 00:00:49,422 --> 00:00:50,715 What can we do then? 6 00:00:51,424 --> 00:00:54,302 What else is left but to abandon even the hope of truth 7 00:00:54,385 --> 00:00:58,097 and content ourselves instead with stories? 8 00:00:59,057 --> 00:01:02,101 In these stories, it doesn't matter who the heroes are. 9 00:01:02,852 --> 00:01:05,146 All we want to know is, who is to blame? 10 00:01:06,397 --> 00:01:10,485 In this story, it was Anatoly Dyatlov. He was the best choice. 11 00:01:11,152 --> 00:01:14,280 An arrogant, unpleasant man, he ran the room that night. 12 00:01:14,364 --> 00:01:15,657 He gave the orders. 13 00:01:16,324 --> 00:01:17,408 And no friends. 14 00:01:18,451 --> 00:01:21,204 Or, at least, not important ones. 15 00:01:23,623 --> 00:01:28,294 And now, Dyatlov will spend the next 10 years in a prison labor camp. 16 00:01:29,545 --> 00:01:32,173 Of course, that sentence is doubly unfair. 17 00:01:34,467 --> 00:01:37,136 There were far greater criminals than him at work. 18 00:01:39,889 --> 00:01:42,016 And as for what Dyatlov did do... 19 00:01:42,684 --> 00:01:44,602 The man doesn't deserve prison. 20 00:01:46,396 --> 00:01:47,730 He deserves death. 21 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,540 But instead, ten years for "criminal mismanagement." 22 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,042 What does that mean? 23 00:02:09,127 --> 00:02:10,211 No one knows. 24 00:02:11,170 --> 00:02:12,296 It doesn't matter. 25 00:02:15,008 --> 00:02:16,718 What does matter is that, to them, 26 00:02:18,553 --> 00:02:20,013 justice was done. 27 00:02:20,930 --> 00:02:23,641 Because, you see, to them, 28 00:02:24,559 --> 00:02:27,562 a just world is a sane world. 29 00:02:30,773 --> 00:02:33,109 There was nothing sane about Chernobyl. 30 00:02:35,570 --> 00:02:37,321 What happened there, what happened after, 31 00:02:37,697 --> 00:02:40,825 even the good we did, all of it... 32 00:02:42,577 --> 00:02:43,578 All of it... 33 00:02:45,413 --> 00:02:46,414 Madness. 34 00:02:51,085 --> 00:02:54,881 Well, I've given you everything I know. 35 00:02:57,550 --> 00:02:59,218 They'll deny it, of course. 36 00:03:00,011 --> 00:03:01,137 They always do. 37 00:03:07,268 --> 00:03:08,561 I know you'll try your best. 38 00:07:32,950 --> 00:07:33,951 Lyudmilla? 39 00:07:59,393 --> 00:08:00,686 Comrade Dyatlov! 40 00:08:05,274 --> 00:08:08,778 Comrade Dyatlov! Comrade Dyatlov! 41 00:08:13,699 --> 00:08:16,535 Comrade Dyatlov! Comrade Dyatlov! 42 00:08:17,536 --> 00:08:18,621 What just happened? 43 00:08:19,455 --> 00:08:20,456 I don't know. 44 00:08:22,500 --> 00:08:23,626 There's a fire in the turbine hall. 45 00:08:26,212 --> 00:08:27,546 The turbine hall? 46 00:08:28,839 --> 00:08:30,966 The control system tank. Hydrogen. 47 00:08:31,967 --> 00:08:33,844 You and Toptunov, you morons blew the tank. 48 00:08:34,261 --> 00:08:36,097 - No, that's not... - This is an emergency. 49 00:08:36,180 --> 00:08:38,224 Everyone stay calm. Our first priority is... 50 00:08:38,307 --> 00:08:39,350 - It's exploded! - We know. 51 00:08:39,725 --> 00:08:41,185 Akimov, are we cooling the reactor core? 52 00:08:41,268 --> 00:08:43,020 We shut it down, but the control rods are still active. 53 00:08:43,687 --> 00:08:45,022 They're not all the way in. I disengaged... 54 00:08:45,106 --> 00:08:47,691 All right. Try and disconnect the servos from the standby console. 55 00:08:47,900 --> 00:08:49,151 You two, get the backup pumps running. 56 00:08:49,235 --> 00:08:51,028 We need water moving through the core. 57 00:08:51,112 --> 00:08:53,114 - That is all that matters. - There is no core. 58 00:08:54,490 --> 00:08:56,158 It exploded! The core exploded. 59 00:08:59,954 --> 00:09:01,789 He's in shock. Get him out of here. 60 00:09:02,164 --> 00:09:03,290 The lid is off. 61 00:09:03,499 --> 00:09:05,376 The stack is burning. I saw it. 62 00:09:05,459 --> 00:09:08,254 You're confused. RBMK reactor cores don't explode. 63 00:09:08,337 --> 00:09:09,713 - Akimov... - Sasha. 64 00:09:09,797 --> 00:09:13,008 Don't worry, we did everything right. Something strange has happened. 65 00:09:13,092 --> 00:09:14,385 - Do you taste metal? - Akimov! 66 00:09:15,761 --> 00:09:18,222 Comrade Perevozchenko, what you're saying is physically impossible. 67 00:09:18,305 --> 00:09:21,016 The core can't explode. It has to be the tank. 68 00:09:22,726 --> 00:09:24,103 We're wasting time. Let's go. 69 00:09:24,478 --> 00:09:26,856 Get the hydrogen out of the generators and pump water into the core. 70 00:09:27,356 --> 00:09:28,566 What about the fire? 71 00:09:29,483 --> 00:09:30,693 Call the fire brigade. 72 00:10:33,297 --> 00:10:35,299 - Is this Military Fire Station 2? - Yes. 73 00:10:35,716 --> 00:10:37,092 What's happening with the accident? 74 00:10:37,176 --> 00:10:40,971 Explosion in the main building between the third and fourth blocks. 75 00:10:42,473 --> 00:10:44,391 - Are there people there? - Yes. 76 00:10:44,642 --> 00:10:45,976 Wake up the bosses. Call them. 77 00:10:46,852 --> 00:10:48,771 I already called mine. 78 00:10:48,854 --> 00:10:53,192 Wake them up, wake them up. Wake up the entire officers' block. 79 00:10:55,236 --> 00:10:57,238 - Fire department. - Hello, Ivankov? 80 00:10:57,363 --> 00:11:00,157 - Yes. Yes? - You've been called to Pripyat. 81 00:11:00,324 --> 00:11:02,034 - Hello? - Yes. Yes I can hear you. 82 00:11:02,117 --> 00:11:05,704 At the nuclear plant over there, in the third and fourth blocks. 83 00:11:05,788 --> 00:11:06,830 The roof is on fire. 84 00:11:07,706 --> 00:11:09,250 You're not on call tonight. 85 00:11:09,333 --> 00:11:11,335 They're bringing everybody in, military and civil. 86 00:11:12,044 --> 00:11:14,922 Pripyat, Polesskoe, Kiev. 87 00:11:15,798 --> 00:11:16,799 This is a big one. 88 00:11:18,384 --> 00:11:21,220 But it doesn't look right, the color. 89 00:11:21,512 --> 00:11:24,640 Pravik says he thinks they're shining floodlights or something. 90 00:11:24,723 --> 00:11:26,100 And what if there are chemicals? 91 00:11:26,892 --> 00:11:28,310 "Chemicals"? 92 00:11:29,478 --> 00:11:30,688 The problem's the roof. 93 00:11:31,188 --> 00:11:32,231 It's covered in tar, 94 00:11:32,314 --> 00:11:35,150 so it's gonna burn all night, and it'll stink like hell. 95 00:11:35,651 --> 00:11:38,028 That's it. That's the worst of it. 96 00:11:40,656 --> 00:11:41,657 Go back to bed. 97 00:12:17,651 --> 00:12:19,903 - Is it war? - Where's the dosimeter? 98 00:12:20,654 --> 00:12:23,032 Here. Here. 99 00:12:29,747 --> 00:12:31,165 Are they bombing? 100 00:12:34,376 --> 00:12:36,962 What the fuck is this? It's 3.6 roentgen. 101 00:12:37,046 --> 00:12:39,506 That's as high as it goes. The good one's locked in a safe. 102 00:12:39,590 --> 00:12:40,924 I don't have a key. 103 00:12:41,592 --> 00:12:44,887 Valera... Your face. 104 00:12:47,097 --> 00:12:48,098 Come on. 105 00:12:48,807 --> 00:12:51,060 I'm going to find Khodemchuk in the pump room. 106 00:12:51,143 --> 00:12:52,645 You, here. 107 00:12:53,270 --> 00:12:56,649 Get Shashenok. He's in 604. Go. 108 00:12:57,066 --> 00:12:58,484 We need to get everyone out! 109 00:13:12,373 --> 00:13:13,374 Shit. 110 00:13:13,457 --> 00:13:15,751 Hey! We need to get to the reactor hall. 111 00:13:15,834 --> 00:13:18,754 - The lift's destroyed. - Up two flights and across. 112 00:13:19,213 --> 00:13:21,674 - Right. - Why are you going there? 113 00:13:41,819 --> 00:13:43,028 Have you seen Khodemchuk? 114 00:13:43,654 --> 00:13:45,948 - No. Where's Viktor? - Still in the pump room. 115 00:13:49,118 --> 00:13:50,285 Stay here. I'll come back. 116 00:13:53,288 --> 00:13:54,665 Viktor! 117 00:14:12,683 --> 00:14:14,226 Viktor. 118 00:14:15,811 --> 00:14:16,812 Viktor. 119 00:14:17,604 --> 00:14:18,605 Oh! 120 00:14:18,856 --> 00:14:21,191 Viktor, I'm gonna get you out of here. 121 00:14:21,859 --> 00:14:23,610 Can you stand? 122 00:14:24,570 --> 00:14:25,738 Khodemchuk... 123 00:14:25,821 --> 00:14:26,905 Where? 124 00:14:29,950 --> 00:14:31,326 Get Khodemchuk. 125 00:15:15,370 --> 00:15:17,289 I dropped the control rods from the other panel. 126 00:15:17,372 --> 00:15:19,166 - They're still up. - What? 127 00:15:19,249 --> 00:15:21,376 They're still only a third of the way in. I don't know why. 128 00:15:21,835 --> 00:15:22,878 I already sent the trainees down 129 00:15:22,961 --> 00:15:24,296 to the reactor hall to lower them by hand. 130 00:15:24,379 --> 00:15:26,298 - What about the pumps? - I can't get through to Khodemchuk. 131 00:15:26,381 --> 00:15:28,926 - The lines are down. - Fuck the phones and fuck Khodemchuk. 132 00:15:29,092 --> 00:15:30,594 - Are the pumps on or not? - Stolyarchuk? 133 00:15:30,677 --> 00:15:33,472 My control panel's not working. I tried calling for the electricians. 134 00:15:33,555 --> 00:15:37,267 I don't give a shit about the panel! I need water in my reactor core! 135 00:15:38,310 --> 00:15:40,187 Get down there and make sure those pumps are on. 136 00:15:41,522 --> 00:15:42,523 Now! 137 00:15:50,030 --> 00:15:51,782 What does the dosimeter say? 138 00:15:51,990 --> 00:15:54,243 Uh, 3.6 roentgen, but that's as high as the meter... 139 00:15:54,326 --> 00:15:56,578 Three point six. Not great, not terrible. 140 00:16:05,170 --> 00:16:06,380 We did everything right. 141 00:16:51,550 --> 00:16:53,135 You, connect those hooks! 142 00:16:59,266 --> 00:17:00,267 Get the pumps going! 143 00:17:00,350 --> 00:17:02,477 Yeah, over here! I'm right with you! 144 00:17:06,523 --> 00:17:09,234 We're working bottom to top. Go in fast. 145 00:17:30,213 --> 00:17:31,214 Vasily... 146 00:17:33,383 --> 00:17:36,011 - Hey, Vasily, what's this? - I don't know, Misha. 147 00:17:36,094 --> 00:17:38,221 Don't fuck around with it. Hook these up. Come on. 148 00:17:44,436 --> 00:17:45,437 Do you taste metal? 149 00:17:45,938 --> 00:17:48,649 - Yeah, what is that? - I don't know. 150 00:17:50,692 --> 00:17:52,110 The valves, Misha. The valves! Let's go. 151 00:17:52,319 --> 00:17:53,654 The valves! Come on! 152 00:18:26,144 --> 00:18:27,145 What do you need? 153 00:18:28,188 --> 00:18:29,856 We need to get into the reactor hall 154 00:18:29,940 --> 00:18:31,858 to lower the control rods, but the door's jammed. 155 00:18:33,902 --> 00:18:35,487 I don't think there are control rods. 156 00:18:35,779 --> 00:18:36,947 I don't think there's a core. 157 00:18:39,241 --> 00:18:40,867 No, you're... You're mistaken. 158 00:18:42,077 --> 00:18:43,078 Akimov said. 159 00:19:00,637 --> 00:19:01,638 Let's go. 160 00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:16,903 No! 161 00:19:18,655 --> 00:19:20,615 Ignatenko, get on his hose! 162 00:19:21,324 --> 00:19:22,576 It's all right. Breathe. 163 00:19:22,909 --> 00:19:23,910 Misha. 164 00:19:24,578 --> 00:19:26,163 All right, all right. Easy, Misha. 165 00:20:03,408 --> 00:20:04,409 Are you sure? 166 00:20:06,578 --> 00:20:07,579 Akimov... 167 00:20:21,551 --> 00:20:22,552 Move. 168 00:20:33,063 --> 00:20:34,439 Come on! Go! Go! 169 00:20:38,276 --> 00:20:39,569 Go! Go fast, go! 170 00:21:13,353 --> 00:21:14,354 Let's go! 171 00:21:15,564 --> 00:21:16,565 Let's go! 172 00:21:18,316 --> 00:21:20,026 Hey! 173 00:21:26,658 --> 00:21:27,659 Hey! 174 00:21:48,180 --> 00:21:50,307 Lyudmilla! Do you want to come with us? 175 00:21:50,849 --> 00:21:51,850 Come where? 176 00:21:51,975 --> 00:21:53,768 We're going to the railroad bridge to get a better look. 177 00:21:54,227 --> 00:21:56,563 It's not like anyone can sleep with all the sirens. 178 00:21:56,813 --> 00:21:58,857 I don't think you should go. It could be dangerous. 179 00:21:58,940 --> 00:21:59,941 What do you mean, "dangerous"? 180 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:01,902 It's a fire. It's over there, we're over here. 181 00:22:01,985 --> 00:22:03,570 - Mikhail. - What? 182 00:22:05,113 --> 00:22:07,157 Oh. Sorry. 183 00:22:12,162 --> 00:22:13,622 - Is Vasily... - Yeah. 184 00:22:14,456 --> 00:22:15,832 Did he say it was bad? 185 00:22:15,916 --> 00:22:17,792 No. No, he said it was just the roof. 186 00:22:17,876 --> 00:22:20,253 Well, he's never gotten hurt before. None of the boys have. 187 00:22:21,922 --> 00:22:22,923 He'll be fine. 188 00:22:24,674 --> 00:22:25,675 Get some rest. 189 00:22:38,647 --> 00:22:39,940 The tank, it's big enough. 190 00:22:40,023 --> 00:22:42,817 This kind of explosion, the control tank on 71, 191 00:22:42,901 --> 00:22:44,152 it's 100 cubic meters. 192 00:22:44,236 --> 00:22:45,654 One hundred and ten. 193 00:22:45,820 --> 00:22:49,241 Hundred and ten. It could do this, definitely. 194 00:22:49,783 --> 00:22:50,825 It's gone. 195 00:22:51,952 --> 00:22:53,203 I looked right into it. 196 00:22:54,079 --> 00:22:55,622 I looked into the core. 197 00:22:56,915 --> 00:22:58,750 Did you lower the control rods or not? 198 00:23:02,212 --> 00:23:03,546 Take him to the infirmary. 199 00:23:06,132 --> 00:23:07,717 Toptunov, take him! 200 00:23:11,263 --> 00:23:12,681 Where's Kudryavstev? 201 00:23:13,598 --> 00:23:14,724 He fell. 202 00:23:15,100 --> 00:23:17,686 - I need a medic! Anyone! - He's delusional. 203 00:23:18,853 --> 00:23:20,605 - His face... - Ruptured condenser lines. 204 00:23:20,689 --> 00:23:23,817 The feedwater is mildly contaminated. He'll be fine. I've seen worse. 205 00:23:24,484 --> 00:23:26,695 Do we still have a phone line to the outside? 206 00:23:28,613 --> 00:23:30,282 Akimov? 207 00:23:31,700 --> 00:23:33,034 Call in the day shift. 208 00:23:34,452 --> 00:23:35,495 But if the... 209 00:23:35,578 --> 00:23:37,330 We have to keep water flowing into the core. 210 00:23:37,414 --> 00:23:40,250 We need electricians, mechanics, we need bodies. 211 00:23:41,209 --> 00:23:43,086 How many times do I have to say it? 212 00:23:51,845 --> 00:23:53,972 I'm going to the Administration Building now 213 00:23:54,055 --> 00:23:55,932 to call Bryukhanov and Fomin. 214 00:23:56,683 --> 00:23:57,892 They're gonna want a full report. 215 00:24:00,145 --> 00:24:02,689 Now, I don't know if I can make things better for you... 216 00:24:03,982 --> 00:24:05,608 But I can certainly make them worse. 217 00:24:08,820 --> 00:24:11,072 Call in the day shift, Comrade Akimov. 218 00:24:14,868 --> 00:24:16,202 Yes, Comrade Dyatlov. 219 00:24:49,861 --> 00:24:50,862 You're doing fine. 220 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:53,281 Raise her up. 221 00:24:57,535 --> 00:25:00,497 That one, maybe an hour. This one, not until morning. 222 00:25:03,458 --> 00:25:05,001 How's it downstairs, Doctor? 223 00:25:05,668 --> 00:25:06,669 Quiet. 224 00:25:07,462 --> 00:25:08,588 Always is. 225 00:25:09,297 --> 00:25:11,299 Nothing at this hour but babies. 226 00:25:12,926 --> 00:25:15,303 Do you know I once went two days without sleep? 227 00:25:15,929 --> 00:25:18,264 Ten women went into labor at the same time. 228 00:25:18,598 --> 00:25:20,767 - Did I ever tell you that story? - Yes. 229 00:25:23,061 --> 00:25:24,979 Well, I won't need you in here for a while. 230 00:25:25,063 --> 00:25:27,482 If you want, get some rest in the break room. 231 00:25:28,566 --> 00:25:30,402 They haven't brought anyone in from the fire. 232 00:25:30,902 --> 00:25:31,945 What fire? 233 00:25:32,278 --> 00:25:33,530 The power plant. 234 00:25:34,948 --> 00:25:37,450 Oh. Well, then it mustn't be too bad. 235 00:25:38,701 --> 00:25:39,994 Do we stock iodine? 236 00:25:40,537 --> 00:25:42,455 - Hmm? - Iodine. 237 00:25:43,915 --> 00:25:45,333 You mean disinfectant? 238 00:25:45,417 --> 00:25:48,002 No, pills. Does the hospital stock iodine pills? 239 00:25:48,086 --> 00:25:50,755 Iodine pills? Why would we have iodine pills? 240 00:26:03,476 --> 00:26:04,853 Hello? 241 00:26:06,396 --> 00:26:07,397 Hello? 242 00:26:14,946 --> 00:26:16,364 Who else knows this? 243 00:26:18,867 --> 00:26:19,868 Have you called Fomin? 244 00:26:21,661 --> 00:26:25,832 Of course, I want you to call him. If I'm up, he's up. 245 00:27:04,370 --> 00:27:07,624 Whatever the cause, the important thing is that neither you nor I... 246 00:27:49,249 --> 00:27:51,251 I take it the safety test was a failure. 247 00:27:51,668 --> 00:27:54,295 - We have the situation under control. - "Under control"? 248 00:27:54,796 --> 00:27:56,130 It doesn't look like it's under control. 249 00:27:56,214 --> 00:27:57,215 Shut up, Fomin. 250 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,469 I have to tell the Central Committee about this. Do you realize that? 251 00:28:01,928 --> 00:28:03,596 I have to get on the phone and tell Maryin, 252 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:07,141 or, God forbid, Frolyshev, that my power plant is on fire. 253 00:28:07,225 --> 00:28:09,644 No one can blame you for this, Director Bryukhanov. 254 00:28:09,727 --> 00:28:11,145 Of course no one can blame me for this. 255 00:28:11,229 --> 00:28:14,357 How can I be responsible? I was sleeping. 256 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,318 Tell me what happened, quickly. 257 00:28:19,279 --> 00:28:22,448 We ran the test exactly as Chief Engineer Fomin approved. 258 00:28:22,991 --> 00:28:25,702 Unit Shift Chief Akimov and Engineer Toptunov 259 00:28:25,994 --> 00:28:27,620 encountered technical difficulties, 260 00:28:27,704 --> 00:28:30,957 leading to an accumulation of hydrogen in the control system tank. 261 00:28:31,874 --> 00:28:33,334 It regrettably ignited, 262 00:28:33,418 --> 00:28:35,545 damaging the plant, setting the roof on fire. 263 00:28:38,089 --> 00:28:39,465 The tank is quite large. 264 00:28:40,216 --> 00:28:41,843 It's the only logical explanation. 265 00:28:42,427 --> 00:28:45,722 Of course, Deputy Chief Engineer Dyatlov 266 00:28:45,805 --> 00:28:49,726 was directly supervising the test, so he would know best. 267 00:28:49,809 --> 00:28:51,686 A hydrogen tank, fire... 268 00:28:54,564 --> 00:28:56,357 - Reactor? - We're taking measures to ensure 269 00:28:56,649 --> 00:28:58,401 a steady flow of water through the core. 270 00:28:59,319 --> 00:29:02,113 - What about radiation? - Obviously, down here it's nothing, 271 00:29:02,196 --> 00:29:06,284 but in the reactor building, I'm being told, 3.6 roentgen per hour. 272 00:29:07,201 --> 00:29:08,911 Well, that's not great, but it's not horrifying. 273 00:29:08,995 --> 00:29:09,996 Not at all. 274 00:29:10,747 --> 00:29:12,457 From the feedwater, I assume. 275 00:29:12,540 --> 00:29:13,541 Mmm-hmm. 276 00:29:15,293 --> 00:29:18,296 We'll have to limit shifts to six hours at a time, but otherwise... 277 00:29:18,630 --> 00:29:20,965 The dosimetrists should be checking regularly. 278 00:29:22,091 --> 00:29:25,136 Have them use the good meter from the safe. 279 00:29:26,471 --> 00:29:27,472 Right. 280 00:29:28,514 --> 00:29:29,932 I'll call Maryin. 281 00:29:31,142 --> 00:29:33,561 Have them wake up the local Executive Committee. 282 00:29:33,645 --> 00:29:35,021 There'll be orders coming down. 283 00:29:41,235 --> 00:29:42,236 Here. 284 00:29:42,779 --> 00:29:45,323 Sure? Okay. 285 00:29:48,660 --> 00:29:50,119 What do you think makes the colors? 286 00:29:50,203 --> 00:29:51,204 Oh. 287 00:29:51,871 --> 00:29:55,041 - It's the fuel, for sure. - "It's the fuel, for sure." 288 00:29:55,416 --> 00:29:58,461 What do you know about it? You clean floors at a train station. 289 00:29:58,836 --> 00:30:00,546 My friend, Yuri, works at the power plant. 290 00:30:00,630 --> 00:30:01,756 He says it runs cold. 291 00:30:02,298 --> 00:30:04,008 No gas, no fire. Just atoms. 292 00:30:05,051 --> 00:30:07,261 Yuri says the only thing is, you can't walk right up to the fuel. 293 00:30:07,679 --> 00:30:10,390 If you do, a glass of vodka an hour for four hours. 294 00:30:11,182 --> 00:30:12,809 Isn't Yuri a plumber? 295 00:30:13,476 --> 00:30:15,603 At the nuclear power plant, yeah. 296 00:30:22,151 --> 00:30:23,569 Well, it is beautiful. 297 00:30:24,946 --> 00:30:25,947 Yeah. 298 00:32:17,892 --> 00:32:19,310 Do you have a cigarette? 299 00:32:45,294 --> 00:32:46,504 Do you need help? 300 00:32:53,469 --> 00:32:54,470 It's over. 301 00:33:59,827 --> 00:34:01,495 We've done all we can from the perimeter. 302 00:34:01,579 --> 00:34:03,247 We need to start making our way to the roof. 303 00:34:10,421 --> 00:34:11,422 Vasily! 304 00:34:12,089 --> 00:34:13,132 You've gotta put it out. 305 00:34:17,178 --> 00:34:19,972 That's enough, comrades. We're pushing ahead. 306 00:34:25,853 --> 00:34:26,854 Come on, boys. 307 00:34:33,444 --> 00:34:35,029 Vasily, it's just past, straight up. 308 00:34:35,488 --> 00:34:37,073 All the way up, all the way in. 309 00:34:39,158 --> 00:34:40,159 Come on! 310 00:34:52,922 --> 00:34:54,590 Yeah. Going in now. 311 00:35:42,596 --> 00:35:43,764 What about the auxiliary? 312 00:35:44,765 --> 00:35:47,560 The pumps are gone, electrical's gone. 313 00:35:48,602 --> 00:35:49,603 The core? 314 00:35:50,062 --> 00:35:52,023 I didn't go in there, and I won't. 315 00:35:54,191 --> 00:35:55,234 I think it's time we faced... 316 00:35:55,359 --> 00:35:56,610 No, we have to get water into the core. 317 00:35:56,694 --> 00:35:57,778 Otherwise, there'll be a meltdown. 318 00:35:58,863 --> 00:36:00,281 We have to open the valves. 319 00:36:00,364 --> 00:36:02,366 - Sasha... - What do you want, Boris? 320 00:36:02,450 --> 00:36:04,452 If it's true, then we're dead. A million people are dead. 321 00:36:04,702 --> 00:36:05,828 Is that what you need to hear? 322 00:36:08,289 --> 00:36:09,874 We have to open the valves. 323 00:36:10,166 --> 00:36:11,459 - By hand. - By hand? 324 00:36:13,252 --> 00:36:14,962 The number of valves, the amount of time to turn them, 325 00:36:15,046 --> 00:36:16,672 you're talking about hours in there! 326 00:36:16,756 --> 00:36:18,340 - Then help us. - Help you do what? 327 00:36:18,799 --> 00:36:21,177 Pump water into a ditch? There's nothing there! 328 00:36:31,062 --> 00:36:32,271 Leonid, I'm begging you. 329 00:36:46,118 --> 00:36:47,369 Watch the panel while we're gone. 330 00:36:47,912 --> 00:36:49,038 It's not working. 331 00:36:50,331 --> 00:36:51,332 Just watch it. 332 00:37:14,105 --> 00:37:15,815 I guess we know why they called us in early. 333 00:37:16,273 --> 00:37:17,817 Is anyone saying what happened? 334 00:37:18,484 --> 00:37:20,569 They were running the safety test on the turbines, 335 00:37:20,945 --> 00:37:22,696 blew the control system tank. 336 00:37:24,073 --> 00:37:25,199 It doesn't make sense to me either. 337 00:37:27,243 --> 00:37:28,327 What about sabotage? 338 00:37:29,453 --> 00:37:30,454 A bomb? 339 00:37:31,705 --> 00:37:32,748 Sitnikov! 340 00:37:33,290 --> 00:37:35,543 Bryukhanov wants us to use the good dosimeter, 341 00:37:35,626 --> 00:37:38,337 but it's in the safe, and we can't find the key. 342 00:37:38,420 --> 00:37:40,381 It's in Building Two. Hasn't... 343 00:37:41,757 --> 00:37:42,800 Follow me. 344 00:37:54,687 --> 00:37:55,980 Gentlemen, welcome. 345 00:37:56,355 --> 00:37:59,608 Please, uh, find a seat. Plenty of room. 346 00:38:00,484 --> 00:38:02,444 I apologize for the lateness of the hour. 347 00:38:03,279 --> 00:38:06,907 Rest assured, we are all very safe down here. 348 00:38:07,366 --> 00:38:10,202 We built this shelter to withstand a nuclear attack 349 00:38:10,286 --> 00:38:13,164 by the Americans, so, I think we'll be fine. 350 00:38:15,124 --> 00:38:17,585 Um, as you can see, we have experienced an accident. 351 00:38:17,668 --> 00:38:20,296 A large control tank malfunctioned, 352 00:38:20,379 --> 00:38:24,300 damaging reactor Building Four and starting a fire. 353 00:38:24,383 --> 00:38:27,928 Now, I have spoken directly to Deputy Secretary Maryin. 354 00:38:28,012 --> 00:38:30,139 Maryin spoke to Deputy Chief Frolyshev, 355 00:38:30,431 --> 00:38:33,267 Frolyshev to Central Committee member Dolgikh, 356 00:38:33,684 --> 00:38:36,854 and Dolgikh to General Secretary Gorbachev. 357 00:38:37,438 --> 00:38:38,439 Now... 358 00:38:40,107 --> 00:38:44,361 Because the Central Committee has the greatest respect 359 00:38:44,445 --> 00:38:47,990 for the work of the Pripyat Executive Committee, 360 00:38:48,365 --> 00:38:51,869 they have asked me to brief you on matters as they stand, so... 361 00:38:53,871 --> 00:38:55,414 First, the accident... 362 00:38:55,497 --> 00:38:57,458 It's well under control. 363 00:38:58,167 --> 00:39:03,047 And second, because the efforts of the Soviet nuclear industry 364 00:39:03,130 --> 00:39:06,508 are considered key State secrets, it is important 365 00:39:06,842 --> 00:39:12,139 that we ensure that this incident has no adverse consequences. 366 00:39:12,598 --> 00:39:14,141 Now, to prevent a panic, 367 00:39:14,892 --> 00:39:16,560 the Central Committee have ordered 368 00:39:16,644 --> 00:39:19,230 a detachment of military police to Pripyat. 369 00:39:19,521 --> 00:39:20,898 How large of a detachment? 370 00:39:22,691 --> 00:39:24,485 Between 2,000 and 4,000 men. 371 00:39:27,071 --> 00:39:28,489 What's really going on here? 372 00:39:29,365 --> 00:39:30,783 How dangerous is this? 373 00:39:31,492 --> 00:39:34,828 There's mild radiation, but it's limited to the plant itself. 374 00:39:35,079 --> 00:39:36,997 - No, it isn't. - Excuse me? 375 00:39:38,249 --> 00:39:40,793 You saw men outside vomiting. 376 00:39:42,211 --> 00:39:43,462 You saw men with burns. 377 00:39:45,047 --> 00:39:46,715 There's more radiation than they're saying. 378 00:39:47,549 --> 00:39:49,551 We have wives here, we have children. 379 00:39:49,885 --> 00:39:52,263 I say we evacuate the town. 380 00:39:53,222 --> 00:39:54,223 Gentlemen... 381 00:39:54,556 --> 00:39:57,935 Please... Please! My wife is here. 382 00:39:58,769 --> 00:40:01,981 Do you think I would keep her in Pripyat if it wasn't safe? 383 00:40:02,356 --> 00:40:05,818 Bryukhanov, the air is glowing. 384 00:40:05,985 --> 00:40:06,986 The Cherenkov effect. 385 00:40:08,112 --> 00:40:10,990 Completely normal phenomenon. It can happen with minimal radiation. 386 00:40:21,500 --> 00:40:24,837 I wonder how many of you know the name of this place. 387 00:40:27,798 --> 00:40:30,134 We all call it "Chernobyl," of course. 388 00:40:31,927 --> 00:40:33,554 What is its real name? 389 00:40:34,972 --> 00:40:38,392 The Vladimir I. Lenin Nuclear Power Station. 390 00:40:39,476 --> 00:40:40,644 Exactly. 391 00:40:42,938 --> 00:40:45,983 Vladimir I. Lenin. 392 00:40:53,741 --> 00:40:56,827 And how proud he would be of you all tonight. 393 00:40:58,454 --> 00:41:00,456 Especially you, young man, 394 00:41:01,874 --> 00:41:04,126 and the passion you have for the people. 395 00:41:05,586 --> 00:41:09,131 For is that not the sole purpose of the apparatus of the State? 396 00:41:11,383 --> 00:41:12,926 Sometimes, we forget. 397 00:41:14,636 --> 00:41:16,597 Sometimes, we fall prey to fear. 398 00:41:19,224 --> 00:41:22,311 But our faith in Soviet socialism 399 00:41:23,312 --> 00:41:25,481 will always be rewarded. 400 00:41:28,442 --> 00:41:32,279 Now, the State tells us the situation here is not dangerous. 401 00:41:33,155 --> 00:41:34,990 Have faith, comrades. 402 00:41:37,201 --> 00:41:40,162 The State tells us it wants to prevent a panic. 403 00:41:40,245 --> 00:41:41,622 Listen well. 404 00:41:44,875 --> 00:41:48,837 It's true, when the people see the police, they will be afraid. 405 00:41:50,381 --> 00:41:52,341 But it is my experience 406 00:41:53,675 --> 00:41:55,844 that when the people ask questions 407 00:41:55,928 --> 00:41:58,097 that are not in their own best interest... 408 00:41:59,223 --> 00:42:03,352 They should simply be told to keep their minds on their labor, 409 00:42:04,436 --> 00:42:06,605 and leave matters of the State 410 00:42:07,731 --> 00:42:08,899 to the State. 411 00:42:11,068 --> 00:42:12,653 We seal off the city. 412 00:42:14,154 --> 00:42:15,406 No one leaves. 413 00:42:16,573 --> 00:42:18,158 And cut the phone lines. 414 00:42:18,992 --> 00:42:21,203 Contain the spread of misinformation. 415 00:42:24,415 --> 00:42:27,292 That is how we keep the people 416 00:42:27,376 --> 00:42:30,003 from undermining the fruits of their own labor. 417 00:42:33,424 --> 00:42:34,675 Yes, comrades. 418 00:42:36,343 --> 00:42:39,888 We will all be rewarded for what we do here tonight. 419 00:42:42,766 --> 00:42:46,145 This is our moment to shine. 420 00:42:59,241 --> 00:43:00,242 Thank you. 421 00:43:13,380 --> 00:43:15,632 Comrade Sitnikov to see the Chief Engineer. 422 00:43:28,896 --> 00:43:29,897 Well? 423 00:43:36,778 --> 00:43:39,823 I sent my dosimetrists into the reactor building. 424 00:43:41,742 --> 00:43:42,993 The large dosimeter from the safe, 425 00:43:43,076 --> 00:43:44,828 the one with the 1,000-roentgen capacity... 426 00:43:44,912 --> 00:43:45,913 What was the number? 427 00:43:49,458 --> 00:43:50,709 There was none. 428 00:43:51,084 --> 00:43:53,212 The meter burned out the second it was turned on. 429 00:43:54,421 --> 00:43:55,422 It's typical. 430 00:43:55,506 --> 00:43:56,590 See, this is what Moscow does. 431 00:43:56,673 --> 00:43:59,593 Sends us shit equipment, then wonders why things go wrong. 432 00:43:59,676 --> 00:44:03,222 We found another dosimeter, from the military fire department. 433 00:44:04,181 --> 00:44:06,642 It only goes to 200 roentgen, but it's better than the small ones. 434 00:44:06,725 --> 00:44:07,726 And? 435 00:44:09,061 --> 00:44:10,395 It maxed out. 436 00:44:11,313 --> 00:44:12,481 Two-hundred roentgen. 437 00:44:15,442 --> 00:44:16,860 What game are you playing? 438 00:44:17,361 --> 00:44:18,529 No, I... 439 00:44:19,154 --> 00:44:21,240 I asked him. He took multiple measurements. 440 00:44:21,573 --> 00:44:22,616 He's my best man. 441 00:44:22,950 --> 00:44:25,327 It's another faulty meter. You're wasting our time. 442 00:44:25,661 --> 00:44:27,454 I checked the meter against the control. 443 00:44:27,538 --> 00:44:29,748 What's wrong with you? How'd you get that number 444 00:44:29,831 --> 00:44:31,750 from feedwater leaking from a blown tank? 445 00:44:35,045 --> 00:44:36,046 You don't. 446 00:44:36,672 --> 00:44:38,465 Then what the fuck are you talking about? 447 00:44:42,970 --> 00:44:43,971 I... 448 00:44:46,848 --> 00:44:49,601 I walked around the exterior of Building Four. 449 00:44:51,436 --> 00:44:54,189 I think there's graphite on the ground in the rubble. 450 00:44:55,607 --> 00:44:56,984 You didn't see graphite. 451 00:44:58,318 --> 00:44:59,528 - I did. - You didn't. 452 00:45:01,238 --> 00:45:04,491 You didn't! Because it's not there! 453 00:45:06,118 --> 00:45:07,119 What? 454 00:45:07,744 --> 00:45:09,871 Are you suggesting the core... 455 00:45:10,122 --> 00:45:12,332 What, exploded? 456 00:45:15,127 --> 00:45:16,128 Yes. 457 00:45:25,137 --> 00:45:26,138 Sitnikov. 458 00:45:27,306 --> 00:45:29,141 You're a nuclear engineer. So am I. 459 00:45:30,058 --> 00:45:35,272 So please tell me how an RBMK reactor core explodes. 460 00:45:36,398 --> 00:45:39,526 Not a meltdown, an explosion. 461 00:45:40,527 --> 00:45:41,737 I'd love to know. 462 00:45:42,779 --> 00:45:43,780 I can't. 463 00:45:45,032 --> 00:45:46,033 Are you stupid? 464 00:45:47,784 --> 00:45:48,785 No. 465 00:45:49,119 --> 00:45:50,245 Then why can't you? 466 00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:53,081 I... 467 00:45:55,626 --> 00:45:57,794 I don't see how it could explode... 468 00:46:00,047 --> 00:46:01,048 But it did. 469 00:46:01,131 --> 00:46:02,132 Enough! 470 00:46:02,716 --> 00:46:04,384 I'll go up to the vent block roof. 471 00:46:04,468 --> 00:46:07,137 From there, you can look right down into reactor Building Four. 472 00:46:07,346 --> 00:46:08,472 I'll see it with my own... 473 00:46:10,474 --> 00:46:11,600 My own eyes. 474 00:46:17,356 --> 00:46:18,565 I apologize. 475 00:46:20,567 --> 00:46:21,943 Guards! Guards! 476 00:46:23,362 --> 00:46:26,323 Get him to a medic, or the hospital! Whatever he needs! 477 00:46:42,964 --> 00:46:45,717 The feedwater. Been around it all night. 478 00:46:48,428 --> 00:46:49,429 You go, then. 479 00:46:53,183 --> 00:46:54,184 What? 480 00:46:54,476 --> 00:46:57,187 Go to the vent block roof and report back what you see. 481 00:46:57,270 --> 00:46:58,271 No. 482 00:47:02,234 --> 00:47:03,694 No, I won't do that. 483 00:47:04,695 --> 00:47:05,946 Of course you will. 484 00:47:11,118 --> 00:47:12,160 You'll be fine. 485 00:47:13,078 --> 00:47:14,079 You'll see. 486 00:47:15,288 --> 00:47:16,289 Come on. 487 00:47:58,665 --> 00:47:59,666 Okay. 488 00:48:01,626 --> 00:48:02,669 Let's begin. 489 00:48:11,178 --> 00:48:12,179 Leonid. 490 00:48:16,516 --> 00:48:17,517 Leonid. 491 00:48:26,234 --> 00:48:27,319 It's all the way, okay? 492 00:48:28,361 --> 00:48:29,780 All the way open. 493 00:48:39,372 --> 00:48:40,373 I'm sorry. 494 00:48:44,461 --> 00:48:46,004 There's nothing to be sorry for. 495 00:48:46,713 --> 00:48:49,466 I told you. We did nothing wrong. 496 00:48:52,385 --> 00:48:53,512 But we did. 497 00:51:55,652 --> 00:51:57,487 Get everyone in the infirmary up there. 498 00:52:42,073 --> 00:52:43,074 Hello? 499 00:52:43,158 --> 00:52:45,285 - Valery Legasov? - Yes. 500 00:52:45,368 --> 00:52:47,871 You are the Legasov who is the First Deputy Director 501 00:52:47,954 --> 00:52:50,457 of the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy? 502 00:52:50,540 --> 00:52:52,709 - I am. Who am I speaking... - This is Boris Shcherbina, 503 00:52:53,126 --> 00:52:55,128 Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers 504 00:52:55,211 --> 00:52:57,297 and head of the Bureau for Fuel and Energy. 505 00:52:58,214 --> 00:53:01,509 There's been an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. 506 00:53:02,510 --> 00:53:03,511 How bad is it? 507 00:53:04,179 --> 00:53:06,222 No, no need to panic. There was a fire. 508 00:53:06,306 --> 00:53:09,100 It's mostly put out. The system control tank exploded. 509 00:53:09,392 --> 00:53:11,061 "Control system tank." 510 00:53:11,394 --> 00:53:12,479 And the core? 511 00:53:12,896 --> 00:53:15,231 We've ordered them to continuously pump water. 512 00:53:15,940 --> 00:53:18,318 Yes, I see. Any contamination? 513 00:53:18,818 --> 00:53:21,488 It's mild. The plant manager, Bryukhanov, is reporting 514 00:53:21,571 --> 00:53:23,239 3. 6 roentgen per hour. 515 00:53:23,323 --> 00:53:25,408 That's actually significant. You should evacuate the... 516 00:53:25,492 --> 00:53:28,912 You're an expert on RBMK reactors, correct? 517 00:53:30,288 --> 00:53:32,916 - Yes. I've studied... - General Secretary Gorbachev 518 00:53:32,999 --> 00:53:35,668 has appointed a committee to manage the accident. 519 00:53:36,169 --> 00:53:37,170 You're on it. 520 00:53:38,129 --> 00:53:39,881 We'll convene at 2:00 this afternoon. 521 00:53:40,381 --> 00:53:43,510 That late? Forgive me, but don't you think, 522 00:53:43,593 --> 00:53:45,386 given the amount of radiation, that it would be... 523 00:53:45,470 --> 00:53:48,598 Legasov, you're on this committee to answer direct questions 524 00:53:48,681 --> 00:53:50,892 about the function of an RBMK reactor, 525 00:53:51,059 --> 00:53:54,145 if they should happen to arise. Nothing else, 526 00:53:54,354 --> 00:53:56,439 certainly not policy. Do you understand? 527 00:53:57,023 --> 00:53:59,109 Yes, of course. I didn't mean to...