Anatoly Dyatlov
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Anatoly Stepanovich Dyatlov was the vice chief engineer of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
, and the supervisor of the fatal experiment which resulted in the Chernobyl disaster
.
Dyatlov was born in 1931 in Krasnoyarsk Krai
, Russia (then Soviet Union
). In 1959 he graduated from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
. After graduation he worked in a shipbuilding plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
, installing reactors into submarines. In 1973 he moved to Prypiat, Ukraine
to work at the newly constructed Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
On April 26, 1986, Dyatlov supervised a test at Reactor 4 of the nuclear plant, which resulted in the worst nuclear plant accident in history. In 1987 he was found guilty "for criminal mismanagement of potentially explosive enterprises" and was sentenced to ten years in prison. He was released in five years. He wrote a book in which he claimed that poor plant design, not plant personnel, was primarily responsible for the accident. Dyatlov died of heart failure in 1995, largely due to radioactive exposure of 390 REM (~4 grays
) he was subject to during the accident.
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant or Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant is a decommissioned nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat, Ukraine, northwest of the city of Chernobyl, from the Ukraine–Belarus border, and about north of Kiev. Reactor 4 was the site of the Chernobyl disaster in...
, and the supervisor of the fatal experiment which resulted in the Chernobyl disaster
Chernobyl disaster
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine , which was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities in Moscow...
.
Dyatlov was born in 1931 in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subject of Russia . It is the second largest federal subject after the Sakha Republic, and Russia's largest krai, occupying an area of , which is 13% of the country's total territory. The administrative center of the krai is the city of Krasnoyarsk...
, Russia (then Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
). In 1959 he graduated from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI / NRNU MEPhI, NIYaU MEPhI or MEPhI) is one of the most recognized technical universities in Russia. MEPhI was founded in 1942 as the Moscow Mechanical Institute of Munitions , but it was soon renamed the Moscow Mechanical Institute. Its original mission...
. After graduation he worked in a shipbuilding plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Komsomolsk-on-Amur is a city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, situated on the left bank of Amur River. It is located on the BAM railway line, northeast of Khabarovsk. Population: -Geography and climate:...
, installing reactors into submarines. In 1973 he moved to Prypiat, Ukraine
Prypiat, Ukraine
Pripyat is a ghost town near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Kiev Oblast of northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus....
to work at the newly constructed Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
On April 26, 1986, Dyatlov supervised a test at Reactor 4 of the nuclear plant, which resulted in the worst nuclear plant accident in history. In 1987 he was found guilty "for criminal mismanagement of potentially explosive enterprises" and was sentenced to ten years in prison. He was released in five years. He wrote a book in which he claimed that poor plant design, not plant personnel, was primarily responsible for the accident. Dyatlov died of heart failure in 1995, largely due to radioactive exposure of 390 REM (~4 grays
Gray (unit)
The gray is the SI unit of absorbed radiation dose of ionizing radiation , and is defined as the absorption of one joule of ionizing radiation by one kilogram of matter ....
) he was subject to during the accident.
External links
- Anatoly Dyatlov, "Chernobyl. How it happened" (in Russian)