He recorded these tapes after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and not long before his death. A scientist was needed to join the state commission and all Alexandrovs deputies from the Kurchatov Institute were unreachable. Sometimes scientists and specialists would spend a few days at our place. But what should those actions be? Because we could miss the lower stabilisation temperature levels. I can be contacted via al . uk138 . at . hotmail .dot . com. He recorded these tapes after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and not long before his death. It was either graphite or some metallic construction of rather high temperature. General Berdov led this work, and also organized the task of informing the public so that they dont come out of their houses. His decisions helped save millions of lives, but he paid the ultimate price. Fixed, added link to Wiki. For some reason, many believe that my father was disappointed by the fact that he wasnt awarded. This is what occupied us on our hour-long flight. T2A was re-checked and published by our new contributor. Valery Alekseevich Legasov About the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant annotation The text of the five cassette tapes, dictated by Academician Legasovym V.A. Well, rather curtly, he said that they had somewhat messed something up, and an accident of sort had occurred there, but this would not stop the overall development of the atomic energy program. From this perspective, there was no understanding of the steps that needed to be taken, neither from station personnel nor from the Ministry of Energy. The five-hour report in Vienna helped to calm down the international community and earn Legasov praise abroad, but authorities and some fellow scientists back home thought the report revealed classified information. 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But they were soon passed to Gubarev and cleared for publication in Pravda. tape storage. I tried to explain to him that there was no possibility of dropping iron shot because of the reasons I mentioned earlier. Father checked the numbers over and over again. WebIt is an English translation of reflections on the Chernobyl accident by academician Valery Legasov, a nuclear scientist, and one of the principal Soviet officials in the field of atomic energy at the time; he was the head of the Soviet delegation at the first international postaccident meeting. WebAfter Legasovs suicide, the tapes were confiscated by Boris Shcherbina as part of the investigation. The next two years were difficult for Legasov, both mentally and physically. Armoured Personnel Carrier . They started flyovers above the 4th block to asses the situation. WebIt is an English translation of reflections on the Chernobyl accident by academician Valery Legasov, a nuclear scientist, and one of the principal Soviet officials in the field of atomic energy at the time; he was the head of the Soviet delegation at the first international postaccident meeting. I know it is not in the scope of this project to translate other Chernobyl related material but there is a lot of valuable information out there that might warrant such an effort (e.g. So powerful it was. Dollezhal Research and Development Institute of Power Engineering (NIKIET) led by comrade Egorov supplied us with most precise data on isotope composition and on the spread of radioactivity. April 26 was Saturday. It is important to understand that Legasovs tapes are not the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Additionally the same thing was done to surfaces that could create dust. Radiation levels were quickly measured at different points of vertical and horizontal planes around the reactor. Altogether this was like a victory speech. Legasov was also the person who delivered a five-hour oral report on the causes of the disaster at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna - an honest and detailed report that calmed down the international community but angered colleagues at home. But which commands or assignments one should dispatch before the Government Commission arrived? After taking all the necessary documentation and receiving from Comrade Kalugin some understanding about the structure of the station and the possible issues that could occur, I dropped by The station was under the supervision of our neighboring Ministry of Energetics. Following his brilliant thesis work, Valery received an offer to do a Ph.D. at the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, but didnt accept the offer right away - he was eager to go to the Siberian Chemical Plant in Tomsk (aka Seversk) to work on the development of plutonium for nuclear weapons. Initially, it was head of state Mikhail Gorbachev who should have done it, but the leader decided it should be Legasov, a scientist who had worked at the site. However, an event occurred, of such a scale, of such involvement of people with controversial interests, of errors and victories, failures and successes. The GC also changed their mind about this as Legasov says later on This blog is dedicated to translating the text that comes from the audio tapes recorded by academician V.Legasov. WebValery Legassov transcriptions - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free.

This blog is dedicated to translating the text that comes from the audio tapes recorded by academician V.Legasov. The original was posted in a Soviet magazine. All tapes are checked and published.

Especially after the evacuation, many people didn't know where their children, mothers were, because people had been evacuated in all directions. WebAfter Legasovs suicide, the tapes were confiscated by Boris Shcherbina as part of the investigation. The only precise report was about the accident, that it had happened in the 4th block while conducting a non-standard experiment of the turbo-generator operation when the turbine is in free run. The total amount of materials dumped on the reactor weighed about 5,000 tons, including about 40 tons of boron compounds, 2,400 tons of lead, 1,800 tons of sand and clay, and 600 tons of dolomite, as well as sodium phosphate and polymer liquids (Bu93). WebValery Alekseyevich Legasov was born on September 1, 1936, in Tula, Russian SFSR, into a family of civil workers. This would be achieved by forcing the energy that was being generated by the decay of nuclear fuel to be spent on material phase transitions [melting for example]. 240 hours And this was the main evidence for us that the fuel mass, left after the explosion, was in a sub-critical state. The Czecho - Slovakia was the state within the "Eastern - block" untill the Velvet revolution broke down the "One party government", the Communisum and socialisum 30 years agoI would like to invite all people, who are interested both in the life of Valerij Aleksejevic as well as in the USSR period, nuclear industry, nuclear power plants, atomic energy, nuclear chemistry, nuclear reactors, engineering etc. the evacuation was temporary I don't speak any Russian at all, but I could help edit the translations into more fluent and lyrical English if that would be of interest or help? The reasoning behind our decisions was this. This blog is dedicated to translating the text that comes from the audio tapes recorded by academician V.Legasov. There was no precise and sensible plan of action. By analyzing this entire set of data gathered as described, we came to a conclusion that inside the reactor, there were small areas of high temperature around 2000C, while most of the surfaces were heated up to around 300C. We want to tell you the untold and hidden truth of the Chernobyl disaster. WebValery legasov was a nuclear physicist. Thats why the most precise information about the state of the reactor was gathered from the ratio of short-lived and long-lived isotopes of iodium 134 and 131. Of course there was a lot of argument about the precision and correctness of the measurements and calculations performed. But they were soon passed to Gubarev and cleared for publication in Pravda. We quickly organised members into groups, each with its own task. It seemed that not absolutely everyone was fully informed, because mothers with children were seen on the streets on the morning of the 27th. The Government Commission worked from Pripyat for the first few days. There werent any radio-controlled aircraft equipped with dosimetric devices. This is its distinctive feature, if we exclude some specific facilities. Valery Alekseevich Legasov About the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant Academician V. Legasov (text from cassette N1) This opening scene of HBOs Chernobyl mini-series sets the tone for the horrific story of the 1986 nuclear disaster and Valery Legasov, a prominent Soviet inorganic chemist, who played a key role in Chernobyls response team and subsequent investigation into its causes. In an article by Karpan, it is said that that the firemen did not enter the station itself - only the roof. He wrote journals and either recorded them himself or had an assisstant do it, but there were tapes as well as text, Vladimir Gubarev published a huge piece on Pravda featuring Legasov's article and excerpts from the tapes. Father used to bring the documents home. I wanted to prove to him that most likely the cause of that accident was in no way related to the Chernobyl accident because of fundamental differences in the construction of reactors. there, and was exposed to 100 REM (Roentgen Equivalent Man) - four times the allowed maximum of 25 REM. At this time This comment has been removed by the author.
Our country was contaminated and today I am alive and well because my father was a high ranking officer in the Army and he gave us Iodine tablets the next day after the explosion.Once again congratulations! WebValery legasov was a nuclear physicist. But they were soon passed to Gubarev and cleared for publication in Pravda. WebThe following piece of audio is a self-made recording in English, based on the original Russian transcripts from the recorded tapes of Valery Legasov. You can also learn more about the life in the USSR and the Eastern - block and more about the politicians, academicians, scientists, plant workers, soldiers and of course the Soviet citizens etcSo, if you are interested in, feel free and visit my Facebook pagehttps://m.facebook.com/ValerijALegasov/?v=feed&_rdr"My duty is to tell this"All the best from the Czech republic. We arrived at the building of the city party committee that was in the central square. In August 1986, he was invited to speak at the IAEA in Vienna, presenting a report to foreign colleagues about the catastrophe and why it happened. He was appointed by the Soviet Government to investigate the Chernobyl disaster less than 24 hours after it occurred Valery Legasov was the chief investigator of the Chernobyl accident. Born in 1936 in Tula (173 km south of Moscow), Valery chose his career path early on. Warning: heartwrenching discussion of the aftermath of the earthquake, three patriotic volunteers dive into radioactive water to a specialized armored vehicle, used by the military to recon the nuclear blast areas. Some stayed in the villages they were evacuated to, others immediately got tickets and went to their relatives. WebTranscripts of Legasovs records were published in Pravda by his friend, Vladimir Gubarev, two days after his suicide. This is Tape 1, part 2.

Great way to share the legacy of Valerij Aleksejevic with English speaking "comrades"! We could only kick ourselves for not having external automatic dosimetry devices set up around the station, that would record the telemetry about radiation conditions within, say, 1 km, 2 km, 4 km and 10 km radius. Some sort of a balance would be achieved. He would fly over Chernobyl a few times a day, and it was under his command that it was decided to dump boron carbide in large quantities from helicopters to act as a neutron absorber and prevent any renewed chain reaction. So, after numerous consultations and discussions we selected two materials as temperature stabilizers: lead and dolomite. Many thanks! had done it very quickly and professionally. The crater in the reactor constantly flowed with white column of smoke, consisting probably of graphite combustion by-products. To make sure of this, I had to get into that APC, go near the reactor. This is only a specific example. We didnt know this during the trip there, we just were trying to guess the scale of the event. WebValery Legasov Audiotapes CC Tape 1 Part 2 YouTube. There was such unpreparedness, such disorder, such fear. The group led by Evgeny Ivanovich Vorobiev was assigned to handle all the medical problems. Sooner or later, that debt is paid. On 26th evening, the radiation levels were within allowable limits. This confusion was seen even in small things. Valery Alekseevich Legasov About the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant annotation The text of the five cassette tapes, dictated by Academician Legasovym V.A. The station was 140km from Kiev. I left the meeting immediately, took a car and went to my university to find someone from the reactor team. Elite scientists of such level as Legasov had personal drivers, housekeepers and other similar services provided for free by the ministry It is important to understand that Legasovs tapes are not the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Fires inside the engine room were put out by the station personnel. WebTranscripts of Legasovs records were published in Pravda by his friend, Vladimir Gubarev, two days after his suicide.

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