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The Chernobyl disaster: The death of Legasov

A group of specialists, during a study of the operational capabilities of the reactor, concluded that it does not comply with modern safety

The court hearing of those accused of the disaster that occurred on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, was scheduled

The modern world is a witness and a judge of the tragic events associated with one of the most terrible catastrophes in the

The light goes out from the shock wave as a result of the first explosion in the station room, the equipment automatically stops

01:23 a.m. Having instantly assessed the situation, the senior operator switches on the emergency toggle switch AZ5, and the control rods rush down

01:11 a.m. The experiment continues. The power rises sharply in the lower zone of the reactor, which is not always controlled by sensors.

01:03 a.m. Dyatlov made sure that the power was brought up to 200 MW, which once again insists on conducting the test. At

00:30 a.m. During the transition to an automatic control regulator, the operator was unable to hold the reactive power, and it failed, falling

On the clock 00:27 a.m. By this time, the capacity had been reduced to the level stipulated by the test program at 700

00:23 a.m. The control panel of the 4th power unit is a helm that would set in motion a chain of terrible, irreparable