1 00:00:05,625 --> 00:00:08,133 Why didn't you press the AZ-5 button? 2 00:00:08,887 --> 00:00:12,136 We did. And th at's when it exploded. 3 00:00:12,346 --> 00:00:13,771 _ 4 00:00:13,774 --> 00:00:15,760 I don't want my men here one more second 5 00:00:15,762 --> 00:00:16,887 than they need to be. 6 00:00:18,845 --> 00:00:20,969 If these worked, you'd be wearing them. 7 00:00:22,039 --> 00:00:24,426 Vasily... 8 00:00:24,428 --> 00:00:25,928 We're gonna have a baby. 9 00:00:27,345 --> 00:00:29,551 Do you have any idea what you're dealing with? 10 00:00:29,553 --> 00:00:30,885 People are going to hear. 11 00:00:30,887 --> 00:00:32,470 What is everyone gonna hear? 12 00:00:33,637 --> 00:00:36,000 We have to pursue every possibility, 13 00:00:36,003 --> 00:00:37,635 no matter who is to blame. 14 00:00:37,637 --> 00:00:42,175 This entire region must be completely evacuated. 15 00:00:42,178 --> 00:00:43,762 How many men do you require? 16 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:46,928 Approximately 750,000 men. 17 00:01:30,276 --> 00:01:31,859 It's time to go. 18 00:01:33,969 --> 00:01:36,009 Did you hear me? 19 00:01:36,011 --> 00:01:39,551 This is an evacuation. You understand? 20 00:01:39,553 --> 00:01:41,343 You have to come with me. 21 00:01:41,345 --> 00:01:43,176 Why? 22 00:01:43,178 --> 00:01:46,343 Because they told me, so now I'm telling you. 23 00:01:46,345 --> 00:01:48,926 Everyone in this village, everyone. 24 00:01:48,928 --> 00:01:50,926 It's not safe here. There's radiation in the air. 25 00:01:50,928 --> 00:01:52,967 What's wrong with you? 26 00:01:52,969 --> 00:01:54,635 Do you know how old I am? 27 00:01:56,261 --> 00:01:58,885 I don't know. Old. 28 00:01:58,887 --> 00:02:01,343 I'm 82. 29 00:02:01,345 --> 00:02:03,760 I've lived here my whole life. 30 00:02:03,762 --> 00:02:07,176 Right here, that house, this place. 31 00:02:07,178 --> 00:02:11,176 What do I care about safe? 32 00:02:11,178 --> 00:02:15,176 I have a job. Don't cause trouble. 33 00:02:15,178 --> 00:02:16,635 Trouble? 34 00:02:16,637 --> 00:02:20,718 You're not the first soldier to stand here with a gun. 35 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,843 When I was 12, the revolution came. 36 00:02:23,845 --> 00:02:27,821 Czar's men. Then Bolsheviks. 37 00:02:27,824 --> 00:02:30,966 Boys like you marching in lines. 38 00:02:30,969 --> 00:02:34,301 They told us to leave. No. 39 00:02:34,303 --> 00:02:36,885 Then there was Stalin and his famine, 40 00:02:36,887 --> 00:02:39,051 the Holodomor. 41 00:02:39,053 --> 00:02:43,176 My parents died. Two of my sisters died. 42 00:02:43,178 --> 00:02:45,885 They told the rest of us to leave. 43 00:02:45,887 --> 00:02:47,551 No. 44 00:02:47,553 --> 00:02:49,384 Then the Great War. 45 00:02:49,386 --> 00:02:52,676 German boys. Russian boys. 46 00:02:52,678 --> 00:02:56,219 More soldiers, more famine, more bodies. 47 00:02:57,219 --> 00:03:00,051 My brothers never came home. 48 00:03:00,053 --> 00:03:03,676 But I stayed, and I'm still here. 49 00:03:03,678 --> 00:03:06,926 After all that I have seen... 50 00:03:06,928 --> 00:03:09,092 so I should leave now, 51 00:03:09,094 --> 00:03:12,760 because of something I cannot see at all? 52 00:03:12,762 --> 00:03:13,801 No. 53 00:03:27,261 --> 00:03:31,261 Just one moment! 54 00:03:38,762 --> 00:03:41,845 It's time to go. 55 00:03:48,553 --> 00:03:50,843 Please stand up now. 56 00:04:01,303 --> 00:04:03,094 This is your last warning. 57 00:04:19,802 --> 00:04:21,677 It's time to go. 58 00:04:46,586 --> 00:04:53,641 - Synced and corrected by VitoSilans - ... www.Addic7ed.com ... 59 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:26,200 _ 60 00:05:34,845 --> 00:05:36,386 Come on. 61 00:06:40,428 --> 00:06:42,637 Point four. 62 00:06:53,303 --> 00:06:55,136 Point six. 63 00:06:59,511 --> 00:07:02,136 Fifteen. 64 00:07:29,491 --> 00:07:36,622 _ 65 00:07:59,386 --> 00:08:00,593 Legasov. 66 00:08:02,887 --> 00:08:04,553 I'll meet him there. 67 00:09:03,261 --> 00:09:05,470 The atom is a humbling thing. 68 00:09:06,928 --> 00:09:09,762 It's not humbling, it's humiliating. 69 00:09:11,678 --> 00:09:13,426 Why is the core still exposed to the air? 70 00:09:13,428 --> 00:09:15,468 Why have we not already covered it up? 71 00:09:15,470 --> 00:09:19,426 We want to, but we can't get close enough. 72 00:09:19,428 --> 00:09:23,343 The debris on the roof is graphite from the core itself. 73 00:09:23,345 --> 00:09:27,509 Until we can push it off the roof back into the reactor, 74 00:09:27,511 --> 00:09:29,801 it'll kill anyone who gets near it. 75 00:09:29,803 --> 00:09:34,259 You can see the roof is in three levels. 76 00:09:34,261 --> 00:09:37,509 We've named them... the small one here is Katya. 77 00:09:37,511 --> 00:09:39,718 One thousand roentgen per hour. 78 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,718 Presume two hours of exposure is fatal. 79 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:44,468 The one on the side... Nina. 80 00:09:44,470 --> 00:09:46,676 Two thousand roentgen. One hour, fatal. 81 00:09:46,678 --> 00:09:49,926 We used remote-controlled bulldozers in Afghanistan. 82 00:09:49,928 --> 00:09:53,092 Too heavy. They'd fall right through. 83 00:09:53,094 --> 00:09:56,843 - So then...? - Moon rovers. 84 00:09:56,845 --> 00:09:58,878 Lunokhod STR-1's. They're light. 85 00:09:58,881 --> 00:10:01,676 And if we line them with lead, they can withstand the radiation. 86 00:10:01,678 --> 00:10:03,901 We couldn't put a man on the moon. 87 00:10:03,904 --> 00:10:06,426 At least we can keep a man off a roof. 88 00:10:06,428 --> 00:10:08,676 That is the most important thing, General. 89 00:10:08,678 --> 00:10:11,843 Under no circumstances can men go up there. 90 00:10:11,845 --> 00:10:14,343 Robots only. 91 00:10:14,345 --> 00:10:17,011 What about this large section here? 92 00:10:17,845 --> 00:10:19,470 Masha. 93 00:10:20,428 --> 00:10:22,345 Twelve thousand roentgen. 94 00:10:23,762 --> 00:10:25,404 If you were to stand there in full 95 00:10:25,407 --> 00:10:27,843 protective gear head-to-toe for two minutes, 96 00:10:27,845 --> 00:10:29,718 your life expectancy would be cut in half. 97 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,176 By three minutes, you're dead within months. 98 00:10:32,178 --> 00:10:35,343 Even our lunar rovers won't work on Masha. 99 00:10:35,345 --> 00:10:38,513 That amount of gamma radiation penetrates everything. 100 00:10:38,516 --> 00:10:40,258 The particles literally shred 101 00:10:40,261 --> 00:10:42,343 the circuits in microchips apart. 102 00:10:42,345 --> 00:10:45,176 If it's more complicated than a light switch, 103 00:10:45,178 --> 00:10:46,760 Masha will destroy it. 104 00:10:46,762 --> 00:10:48,259 It would be fair to say that 105 00:10:48,261 --> 00:10:51,386 that piece of roof is the most dangerous place on Earth. 106 00:10:57,553 --> 00:11:01,219 So... what do we do? 107 00:11:03,219 --> 00:11:05,511 That's what we wanted to ask you. 108 00:13:22,511 --> 00:13:24,720 Tent 181? 109 00:13:39,303 --> 00:13:40,762 It's all right. It's free. 110 00:13:42,053 --> 00:13:43,553 It's a little early. 111 00:13:56,887 --> 00:13:58,011 Bacho. 112 00:14:00,143 --> 00:14:01,268 Pavel. 113 00:14:02,637 --> 00:14:04,219 - Yeah? - Mm. 114 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:10,676 What unit were you in? 115 00:14:10,678 --> 00:14:13,092 Uh, they had me in motor pool in Kiev, 116 00:14:13,094 --> 00:14:15,926 - but then they... - Not this bullshit. 117 00:14:15,928 --> 00:14:17,343 In Afghanistan. 118 00:14:17,345 --> 00:14:20,553 Oh, um, I wasn't in Afghanistan. 119 00:14:23,178 --> 00:14:24,470 I'm not in the military. 120 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:29,470 They're running out of men. 121 00:14:41,470 --> 00:14:43,259 Showers. Food. 122 00:14:43,261 --> 00:14:46,051 Those guys, they dig up the ground. 123 00:14:46,053 --> 00:14:48,635 Those guys, they cut down trees. 124 00:14:48,637 --> 00:14:52,176 Those guys, they evacuate people, I think, 125 00:14:52,178 --> 00:14:53,637 like villagers. 126 00:14:55,094 --> 00:14:56,178 What about them? 127 00:14:57,303 --> 00:14:59,178 I don't know them. Fuck them. 128 00:15:01,139 --> 00:15:02,222 Janek! 129 00:15:04,011 --> 00:15:06,593 - What do you want? - Give me an egg basket. 130 00:15:06,595 --> 00:15:09,845 - No, I've only got the one... - Give me the fucking basket! 131 00:15:13,303 --> 00:15:15,801 He's with me, you understand? 132 00:15:15,803 --> 00:15:17,470 Nobody fucks with him. 133 00:15:19,928 --> 00:15:21,843 We make these from lead scrap. 134 00:15:21,845 --> 00:15:24,176 - Put it on under your balls. - Now? 135 00:15:24,178 --> 00:15:27,092 No, no. You can wait until the radiation gives you a cunt. 136 00:15:27,094 --> 00:15:28,762 Yes, now. 137 00:15:30,887 --> 00:15:33,803 Over your clothes. Fucking shit. 138 00:15:42,045 --> 00:15:44,462 - You ever go hunting? - No. 139 00:15:45,303 --> 00:15:48,635 Well... today's your lucky day. 140 00:15:48,637 --> 00:15:51,092 You, me, 141 00:15:51,095 --> 00:15:54,888 that ugly Armenian in the tent, Garo, we do animal control. 142 00:15:56,261 --> 00:15:57,718 Animal control? 143 00:15:57,720 --> 00:15:59,801 Yeah, they're radioactive, 144 00:15:59,803 --> 00:16:02,134 so they have to go. 145 00:16:02,136 --> 00:16:04,426 But it's not hard. They're mostly pets. 146 00:16:04,428 --> 00:16:07,787 They're happy to see you. They run right up to you. 147 00:16:07,790 --> 00:16:08,825 Bang! 148 00:16:08,828 --> 00:16:10,551 You load the bodies on the truck, 149 00:16:10,553 --> 00:16:13,009 dump them in a pit, bury them in concrete. 150 00:16:13,011 --> 00:16:14,801 And then we drink. 151 00:16:14,803 --> 00:16:19,053 As much vodka as you want, plus a thousand rubles. 152 00:16:21,271 --> 00:16:22,771 Let's go get you a gun. 153 00:16:35,787 --> 00:16:40,332 _ 154 00:17:32,053 --> 00:17:33,092 Yes? 155 00:17:33,094 --> 00:17:35,259 I need to see the following documents. 156 00:17:35,261 --> 00:17:37,094 They're listed as permission only. 157 00:17:43,386 --> 00:17:45,595 I'm working for the Central Committee. 158 00:17:57,470 --> 00:17:58,845 Comrade? 159 00:18:37,011 --> 00:18:38,678 She can have that one. 160 00:18:47,345 --> 00:18:49,178 Thank you, Comrade. 161 00:20:27,039 --> 00:20:28,635 All clear. 162 00:20:28,637 --> 00:20:31,134 Bring up the cameras. 163 00:20:35,136 --> 00:20:37,301 - Signal? - Acceptable. 164 00:20:37,303 --> 00:20:39,301 Running onboard diagnostics. 165 00:20:39,303 --> 00:20:41,217 Tell me when we're ready to move it. 166 00:20:41,219 --> 00:20:44,470 To think that's what we put on the moon. 167 00:20:46,803 --> 00:20:48,511 Well, not that one. 168 00:20:50,303 --> 00:20:51,967 I know not that one. 169 00:20:51,969 --> 00:20:55,551 This rover was in storage. They can build two more. 170 00:20:55,553 --> 00:20:57,845 That should cover Nina and Katya. 171 00:20:58,803 --> 00:21:00,134 And Masha? 172 00:21:00,136 --> 00:21:02,301 The Central Committee have informed me 173 00:21:02,303 --> 00:21:03,843 that they may have found something 174 00:21:03,845 --> 00:21:06,509 that could work up there. From the outside. 175 00:21:06,511 --> 00:21:08,301 American? 176 00:21:08,303 --> 00:21:10,301 Of course not. 177 00:21:10,303 --> 00:21:12,092 It's a German police robot. 178 00:21:12,094 --> 00:21:14,593 West German, so, as you can imagine, 179 00:21:14,595 --> 00:21:17,051 that wasn't an easy conversation to have. 180 00:21:17,053 --> 00:21:18,343 Diagnostics complete. 181 00:21:18,345 --> 00:21:20,845 Ready to engage main power and motor. 182 00:21:21,511 --> 00:21:22,803 Begin. 183 00:21:28,665 --> 00:21:30,165 Can we move it? 184 00:21:43,178 --> 00:21:46,011 Valery, what's that? A smile? 185 00:22:05,136 --> 00:22:07,843 I see your condition has improved, Comrade Dyatlov. 186 00:22:07,845 --> 00:22:09,386 No. Leave. 187 00:22:17,029 --> 00:22:19,237 I need your help. 188 00:22:26,969 --> 00:22:30,426 Akimov initiated AZ-5. 189 00:22:30,428 --> 00:22:33,136 - When you gave the order... - Order? What order? 190 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,887 Toptunov called it out, Akimov pressed it. 191 00:22:38,928 --> 00:22:40,635 It was the only good decision they made. 192 00:22:40,637 --> 00:22:42,219 Incompetent morons. 193 00:22:43,094 --> 00:22:46,217 Can you confirm that the reactor exploded 194 00:22:46,219 --> 00:22:48,053 after they attempted to shut it down? 195 00:22:49,053 --> 00:22:51,428 How do I even know it exploded, huh? 196 00:23:12,386 --> 00:23:14,969 I found this in the state archive. 197 00:23:15,845 --> 00:23:17,967 Written in 1976. 198 00:23:17,969 --> 00:23:21,967 It's about the operation of RBMK reactors under extreme conditions. 199 00:23:21,969 --> 00:23:23,593 So? 200 00:23:23,595 --> 00:23:26,051 The names of the authors have been redacted, 201 00:23:26,053 --> 00:23:28,178 and two pages have been removed. 202 00:23:28,845 --> 00:23:32,301 Well, the State must protect its secrets, Comrade. 203 00:23:32,303 --> 00:23:34,843 Do you dare suggest otherwise? 204 00:23:34,845 --> 00:23:37,178 They made a mistake. 205 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,845 They didn't redact the table of contents. 206 00:23:52,803 --> 00:23:54,384 The missing pages apparently refer 207 00:23:54,387 --> 00:23:58,304 to a positive void coefficient and AZ-5. 208 00:23:59,219 --> 00:24:00,676 Does that mean anything to you? 209 00:24:00,678 --> 00:24:03,176 What are you after here? Why are you asking me this? 210 00:24:03,178 --> 00:24:05,551 You worked with the reactor. You know it better than I do. 211 00:24:05,553 --> 00:24:08,718 So everything's my fault, then? 212 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:09,843 Is that what this is? 213 00:24:09,845 --> 00:24:11,148 I'm not here to blame you. 214 00:24:11,151 --> 00:24:13,732 I'm here to find out what happened. 215 00:24:13,735 --> 00:24:15,426 And whether you realize it or not, 216 00:24:15,428 --> 00:24:17,678 I'm your best chance to avoid a bullet. 217 00:24:20,345 --> 00:24:22,136 Can you help me or not? 218 00:24:30,511 --> 00:24:33,051 I have no idea what would've gone here. 219 00:24:33,053 --> 00:24:36,094 Void coefficients have nothing to do with AZ-5. 220 00:24:37,011 --> 00:24:39,092 There. Now you can go. 221 00:24:39,094 --> 00:24:41,887 - You're not even curious? - What for? 222 00:24:43,053 --> 00:24:46,386 You think the right question will get you the truth? 223 00:24:47,553 --> 00:24:49,760 There is no truth. 224 00:24:49,762 --> 00:24:53,718 Ask the bosses whatever you want and you'll get the lie. 225 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,053 And I will get the bullet. 226 00:26:29,136 --> 00:26:31,065 I only have two rules. 227 00:26:31,068 --> 00:26:32,884 One. 228 00:26:32,887 --> 00:26:35,967 Don't point this gun at me. That's easy, right? 229 00:26:35,969 --> 00:26:37,967 You can point it at this piece of shit. 230 00:26:37,969 --> 00:26:40,176 I don't give a fuck. Never me. 231 00:26:40,178 --> 00:26:42,051 Two. 232 00:26:42,053 --> 00:26:45,509 If you hit an animal and it doesn't die, 233 00:26:45,511 --> 00:26:48,301 keep shooting until it does. 234 00:26:48,303 --> 00:26:52,384 Don't let them suffer, or I'll kill you. 235 00:26:52,386 --> 00:26:54,417 Understand? 236 00:26:54,420 --> 00:26:55,753 I mean it. 237 00:26:57,011 --> 00:26:58,969 I've killed a lot of people. 238 00:27:03,969 --> 00:27:06,553 Good. Then we're ready. 239 00:27:46,011 --> 00:27:49,593 Once we start, they'll run inside where they feel safe. 240 00:27:49,595 --> 00:27:51,678 So we go door-to-door. 241 00:27:52,717 --> 00:27:54,173 Okay? 242 00:27:54,176 --> 00:27:55,677 Good. 243 00:28:45,862 --> 00:28:47,009 Hey! 244 00:28:47,011 --> 00:28:49,969 Do your job. Door-to-door. 245 00:29:43,803 --> 00:29:46,051 Go. Go. 246 00:29:46,053 --> 00:29:48,511 Go away. Go! 247 00:30:44,511 --> 00:30:46,426 Don't let them suffer. 248 00:30:46,428 --> 00:30:48,386 Sorry. Sorry. 249 00:30:50,428 --> 00:30:52,928 You're dragging that to the truck. 250 00:31:29,928 --> 00:31:31,428 You gonna eat? 251 00:31:42,136 --> 00:31:43,470 Drink. 252 00:31:47,136 --> 00:31:48,470 Again. 253 00:32:00,595 --> 00:32:01,845 Look... 254 00:32:04,303 --> 00:32:06,637 This happens to everyone their first time. 255 00:32:07,553 --> 00:32:09,928 Normally when you kill a man. 256 00:32:11,470 --> 00:32:13,301 But for you, a dog. 257 00:32:13,303 --> 00:32:15,553 So what? There's no shame in it. 258 00:32:17,678 --> 00:32:20,384 You remember your first time, Garo? 259 00:32:20,386 --> 00:32:24,011 My first time... Afghanistan. 260 00:32:26,053 --> 00:32:28,343 We were moving through a house, 261 00:32:28,345 --> 00:32:32,345 and suddenly a man was there and I shot him in the stomach. 262 00:32:34,136 --> 00:32:36,303 Yeah, that's a real war story. 263 00:32:37,378 --> 00:32:39,668 They're never any good stories like in the movies. 264 00:32:39,671 --> 00:32:41,550 They're shit. 265 00:32:41,553 --> 00:32:45,409 A man was there... boom, stomach. 266 00:32:47,862 --> 00:32:50,051 I was so scared, I didn't pull the trigger again 267 00:32:50,053 --> 00:32:51,845 for the rest of the day. 268 00:32:53,928 --> 00:32:56,887 I thought, "Well, that's it, Bacho. 269 00:32:58,219 --> 00:33:00,551 You put a bullet in someone. 270 00:33:00,553 --> 00:33:02,885 You're not you anymore. 271 00:33:02,887 --> 00:33:04,845 You'll never be you again." 272 00:33:07,386 --> 00:33:09,217 But then you wake up the next morning, 273 00:33:09,219 --> 00:33:11,094 and you're still you. 274 00:33:12,178 --> 00:33:13,762 And you realize... 275 00:33:15,053 --> 00:33:17,593 that was you all along. 276 00:33:17,595 --> 00:33:19,428 You just didn't know. 277 00:33:29,845 --> 00:33:32,428 The happiness of all mankind. 278 00:33:35,865 --> 00:33:37,407 What? 279 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:42,885 "Our goal is the happiness of all mankind." 280 00:33:49,269 --> 00:33:50,520 Yeah. 281 00:33:55,255 --> 00:33:56,878 I'm happy. 282 00:33:56,881 --> 00:33:58,590 I'm happy every day. 283 00:34:01,261 --> 00:34:04,261 All right. Back to work. 284 00:34:05,762 --> 00:34:07,053 Come on. 285 00:34:53,701 --> 00:35:02,600 _ 286 00:35:25,386 --> 00:35:26,720 It's here. 287 00:35:55,511 --> 00:35:57,553 All right. 288 00:35:58,887 --> 00:36:00,343 Get over. 289 00:36:00,345 --> 00:36:02,428 Right. Hang on. 290 00:36:03,303 --> 00:36:05,345 Easy now. Careful. 291 00:36:05,348 --> 00:36:06,848 Hold it! 292 00:36:15,386 --> 00:36:16,678 Joker. 293 00:36:18,219 --> 00:36:20,926 It's what the Germans named it: "Joker." 294 00:36:20,928 --> 00:36:23,928 - Is it ready? - It's ready. 295 00:37:11,136 --> 00:37:13,509 Good signal. 296 00:37:13,511 --> 00:37:15,094 Cameras. 297 00:37:16,196 --> 00:37:17,696 Motors. 298 00:37:19,470 --> 00:37:22,885 Motors, good. Signals, good. 299 00:37:22,887 --> 00:37:25,509 All right, let's take this easy. 300 00:37:25,511 --> 00:37:27,803 Forward one meter, reverse one meter. 301 00:37:30,053 --> 00:37:31,345 Forward one. 302 00:37:35,303 --> 00:37:36,762 Germans. 303 00:37:38,219 --> 00:37:39,637 Reverse one. 304 00:37:52,969 --> 00:37:54,969 Did you lose the signal? 305 00:37:59,511 --> 00:38:01,511 It's not the signal. It's the vehicle. 306 00:38:03,178 --> 00:38:04,637 It's dead. 307 00:38:10,637 --> 00:38:11,678 Shit. 308 00:38:16,470 --> 00:38:18,343 Of course I know they're listening! 309 00:38:18,345 --> 00:38:20,509 I want them to hear! I want them to hear it all! 310 00:38:20,511 --> 00:38:22,584 Do you know what we're doing here?! 311 00:38:22,587 --> 00:38:25,011 Tell those geniuses what they have done! 312 00:38:26,805 --> 00:38:28,887 I don't give a fuck! 313 00:38:30,762 --> 00:38:32,843 Tell them! Go tell them! Ryzhkov! 314 00:38:32,845 --> 00:38:34,384 Go tell them he's a joke! 315 00:38:34,386 --> 00:38:36,051 Tell fucking Gorbachev! 316 00:38:36,053 --> 00:38:39,053 Tell them! 317 00:39:00,303 --> 00:39:03,551 The official position of the State 318 00:39:03,553 --> 00:39:05,843 is that a global nuclear catastrophe 319 00:39:05,845 --> 00:39:08,259 is not possible in the Soviet Union. 320 00:39:08,261 --> 00:39:12,885 They told the Germans that the highest detected level of radiation 321 00:39:12,887 --> 00:39:14,724 was 2,000 roentgen. 322 00:39:15,928 --> 00:39:18,261 They gave them the propaganda number. 323 00:39:20,678 --> 00:39:23,053 That robot was never going to work. 324 00:39:27,261 --> 00:39:28,928 We need a new phone. 325 00:40:10,470 --> 00:40:12,509 What if we don't clear it? 326 00:40:12,511 --> 00:40:14,593 We have to clear it. 327 00:40:14,595 --> 00:40:18,595 If we don't clear the roof, we can't build a cover over it. 328 00:40:20,511 --> 00:40:23,550 If we can't cover it, that's 12,000 roentgen. 329 00:40:23,553 --> 00:40:28,099 That's nearly twice the radiation from the Hiroshima bomb. 330 00:40:28,102 --> 00:40:32,217 - Every hour, hour after... - I know, I know, I know. 331 00:40:32,219 --> 00:40:34,178 What about lead? 332 00:40:35,511 --> 00:40:37,009 We could... I don't know. 333 00:40:37,011 --> 00:40:40,307 We could melt it and pour it from above, like a coating. 334 00:40:40,310 --> 00:40:43,259 First of all, we've already used most of the lead we had... 335 00:40:43,261 --> 00:40:45,509 There's lead sheeting around the instruments 336 00:40:45,511 --> 00:40:47,301 in the other reactor buildings. 337 00:40:47,303 --> 00:40:50,259 The soldiers are stripping it for their armor. 338 00:40:50,261 --> 00:40:52,011 Are you serious? 339 00:40:53,678 --> 00:40:56,801 Even if, we're still talking about 340 00:40:56,803 --> 00:40:58,926 boiling metal in a helicopter. 341 00:40:58,928 --> 00:41:01,553 And it's lead, Boris, it'll weight a ton. 342 00:41:03,959 --> 00:41:07,325 What if we shoot the graphite into the hole? 343 00:41:07,328 --> 00:41:10,284 We've got high-caliber bullets, exploding bullets. 344 00:41:10,287 --> 00:41:12,301 They wouldn't just ricochet, they'd push... 345 00:41:12,303 --> 00:41:14,718 You wanna shoot exploding bullets 346 00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:16,635 at an exposed nuclear reactor? 347 00:41:16,637 --> 00:41:18,885 - Well... - No, no. 348 00:41:18,887 --> 00:41:20,909 Let's go light that roof back on fire. 349 00:41:20,912 --> 00:41:23,967 It was so easy to put out the first time. 350 00:41:23,969 --> 00:41:27,511 What are we talking about here? 351 00:41:29,094 --> 00:41:31,178 We need another robot. 352 00:41:32,053 --> 00:41:34,926 One that can withstand the radiation. 353 00:41:34,928 --> 00:41:37,386 I've asked. There is nothing. 354 00:41:38,720 --> 00:41:40,468 The Americans? 355 00:41:40,470 --> 00:41:42,426 If the Americans had that kind of technology, 356 00:41:42,428 --> 00:41:44,301 do you really think they'd give it to us? 357 00:41:44,303 --> 00:41:47,343 And even if they would, the Central Committee will never stoop to ask. 358 00:41:47,345 --> 00:41:49,053 You know it, I know it. 359 00:41:50,178 --> 00:41:52,053 There are no robots. 360 00:41:58,511 --> 00:42:00,926 Biorobots. 361 00:42:00,928 --> 00:42:02,595 What was that? 362 00:42:07,094 --> 00:42:10,720 We use biorobots. 363 00:42:13,326 --> 00:42:14,701 Men. 364 00:43:43,261 --> 00:43:44,678 A lot today. 365 00:43:49,845 --> 00:43:52,011 Where do they get their food? 366 00:43:54,011 --> 00:43:55,887 They eat the chickens. 367 00:43:56,553 --> 00:43:58,511 Then they eat each other. 368 00:44:09,303 --> 00:44:10,887 Door-to-door. 369 00:45:22,862 --> 00:45:24,753 Pavel? 370 00:45:29,271 --> 00:45:30,977 Pavel! 371 00:45:39,303 --> 00:45:42,470 You don't hear me? I'm talking to you. 372 00:45:44,417 --> 00:45:46,000 Fuck. 373 00:45:50,887 --> 00:45:52,760 Just go outside. 374 00:45:59,136 --> 00:46:00,511 Go. 375 00:47:31,530 --> 00:47:33,850 *Black Raven* 376 00:47:35,287 --> 00:47:42,654 *Why do you hover over my head?* 377 00:47:43,878 --> 00:47:48,878 *You won't find your prey* 378 00:47:49,945 --> 00:47:53,512 *Black Raven, I'm not yours* 379 00:47:55,466 --> 00:48:00,399 *You won't have your prey* 380 00:48:01,689 --> 00:48:05,489 *Black Raven, I'm not yours* 381 00:48:07,653 --> 00:48:09,853 *Black Raven* 382 00:48:11,077 --> 00:48:18,577 *Why do you hover over my head?* 383 00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:25,040 *You won't have your prey* 384 00:48:26,630 --> 00:48:30,630 *Black Raven, I'm not yours* 385 00:48:31,778 --> 00:48:37,078 *You won't have your prey* 386 00:48:38,350 --> 00:48:41,650 *Black Raven, I'm not yours* 387 00:48:48,343 --> 00:48:52,343 _ 388 00:48:53,969 --> 00:48:55,718 Comrade soldiers, 389 00:48:55,720 --> 00:48:58,509 the Soviet people have had enough of this accident. 390 00:48:58,511 --> 00:49:00,176 They want us to clean this up, 391 00:49:00,178 --> 00:49:02,926 and we have entrusted you with this serious task. 392 00:49:02,928 --> 00:49:05,301 Because of the nature of the working area, 393 00:49:05,303 --> 00:49:09,343 you will each have no more than 90 seconds to solve this problem. 394 00:49:09,345 --> 00:49:12,301 Listen carefully to each of my instructions, 395 00:49:12,303 --> 00:49:14,843 and do exactly as you have been told. 396 00:49:14,845 --> 00:49:19,593 This is for your own safety and the safety of your comrades. 397 00:49:19,595 --> 00:49:21,967 You will enter Reactor Building Three, 398 00:49:21,969 --> 00:49:25,801 climb the stairs but do not immediately proceed to the roof. 399 00:49:25,803 --> 00:49:27,885 When you get to the top, wait inside, 400 00:49:27,887 --> 00:49:30,967 behind the entrance to the roof and catch your breath. 401 00:49:30,969 --> 00:49:33,593 You will need it for what comes next. 402 00:49:33,595 --> 00:49:36,718 This is the working area. We must clear the graphite. 403 00:49:36,720 --> 00:49:40,301 Some of it is in blocks, weighing approximately 40 to 50 kilograms. 404 00:49:40,303 --> 00:49:42,509 They all must be thrown over the edge here. 405 00:49:42,511 --> 00:49:46,509 Watch your comrades moving fast from this opening, 406 00:49:46,511 --> 00:49:48,176 then turning to the left, 407 00:49:48,178 --> 00:49:50,384 and entering the workspace here. 408 00:49:50,386 --> 00:49:52,092 Take care not to stumble. 409 00:49:52,094 --> 00:49:55,676 There's a hole in the roof. Take care not to fall. 410 00:49:55,678 --> 00:50:00,468 You will need to move quickly, and you will need to move carefully. 411 00:50:00,470 --> 00:50:03,092 Do you understand your mission as I have described it? 412 00:50:03,094 --> 00:50:05,051 Yes, Comrade General. 413 00:50:05,053 --> 00:50:08,551 These are the most important 90 seconds of your lives. 414 00:50:08,553 --> 00:50:11,969 Commit your task to memory, then do your job. 415 00:50:54,969 --> 00:50:58,114 It's time to go. After 90 seconds, I will ring a bell. 416 00:50:58,117 --> 00:51:00,008 When you hear it, return immediately, 417 00:51:00,011 --> 00:51:01,384 drop your shovels in the bin, 418 00:51:01,387 --> 00:51:04,216 and proceed down the hallway for decontamination. 419 00:51:04,219 --> 00:51:06,009 Above all, while on the roof, 420 00:51:06,011 --> 00:51:07,551 throw your debris over the rail. 421 00:51:07,553 --> 00:51:09,461 Do not look over the rail. Is that clear? 422 00:51:10,465 --> 00:51:11,920 Very well. 423 00:51:11,923 --> 00:51:14,672 On my mark. Ready. Go. 424 00:52:54,053 --> 00:52:56,011 Whoa! 425 00:53:27,506 --> 00:53:28,637 Comrade soldier. 426 00:53:30,248 --> 00:53:31,748 You're done. 427 00:53:43,053 --> 00:53:45,301 Time to go. 428 00:53:58,026 --> 00:54:00,485 Oh! Your glove! 429 00:54:20,334 --> 00:54:21,928 Mommy! Mommy! 430 00:54:44,031 --> 00:54:50,370 _ 431 00:55:26,428 --> 00:55:28,760 I'm sorry for all this. 432 00:55:28,762 --> 00:55:32,509 But we needed to speak to you somewhere without... 433 00:55:32,511 --> 00:55:35,509 They're going to put Dyatlov on trial, 434 00:55:35,511 --> 00:55:37,885 and Bryukhanov and Fomin. 435 00:55:37,887 --> 00:55:41,885 We're going to be asked to give expert testimony, 436 00:55:41,887 --> 00:55:43,468 all three of us. 437 00:55:43,470 --> 00:55:46,051 But that's... Before that happens... 438 00:55:46,053 --> 00:55:49,593 The Central Committee is sending Legasov to Vienna. 439 00:55:49,595 --> 00:55:51,768 It's the headquarters of the International... 440 00:55:51,771 --> 00:55:55,053 Atomic Energy Agency. Yeah, I know what's in Vienna. 441 00:55:56,845 --> 00:55:58,593 What are they asking you to do? 442 00:55:58,595 --> 00:56:01,637 Tell the world what happened. 443 00:56:06,261 --> 00:56:08,676 Well, then you better know what happened. 444 00:56:08,678 --> 00:56:10,718 I've constructed a timeline, 445 00:56:10,720 --> 00:56:12,384 minute by minute. 446 00:56:12,386 --> 00:56:15,551 Second by second in some places. 447 00:56:15,553 --> 00:56:17,426 Every decision, every button push, 448 00:56:17,428 --> 00:56:19,593 every turn of a switch. 449 00:56:19,595 --> 00:56:22,551 And? Are they guilty? 450 00:56:22,553 --> 00:56:24,009 Yes. 451 00:56:24,011 --> 00:56:28,092 Of gross incompetence, violation of safety regulations, 452 00:56:28,094 --> 00:56:30,343 recklessness beyond belief. 453 00:56:30,345 --> 00:56:33,009 But the explosion? I'm not sure. 454 00:56:33,011 --> 00:56:35,345 What do you mean you're not sure? 455 00:56:36,178 --> 00:56:38,343 I've analyzed the data. 456 00:56:38,345 --> 00:56:40,593 Toptunov was telling the truth. 457 00:56:40,595 --> 00:56:43,969 They shut the reactor down, and then it exploded. 458 00:56:45,386 --> 00:56:48,843 I think this article my have the answer, 459 00:56:48,845 --> 00:56:52,303 but two pages have been removed. 460 00:56:57,845 --> 00:56:59,801 You've seen this before. 461 00:56:59,803 --> 00:57:02,635 Please, believe me when I tell you that 462 00:57:02,637 --> 00:57:05,134 I had no idea it could cause an explosion. 463 00:57:05,136 --> 00:57:08,136 - None of us knew. - None of you knew what? 464 00:57:09,428 --> 00:57:12,834 In 1975, in an RBMK reactor in Leningrad, 465 00:57:12,837 --> 00:57:14,926 a fuel channel ruptured. 466 00:57:14,928 --> 00:57:16,801 The operators pressed AZ-5, 467 00:57:16,803 --> 00:57:19,635 but instead of the power going down immediately, 468 00:57:19,637 --> 00:57:22,593 for a brief moment it went up. 469 00:57:22,595 --> 00:57:24,282 How is that possible? 470 00:57:24,285 --> 00:57:25,885 Well, this was the very question posed 471 00:57:25,887 --> 00:57:27,885 by a colleague of mine named Volkov. 472 00:57:27,887 --> 00:57:29,926 He's the one who wrote this article. 473 00:57:29,928 --> 00:57:33,760 When an RBMK reactor runs at low power, it's notoriously unstable. 474 00:57:33,762 --> 00:57:37,176 Prone to swings in reactivity. 475 00:57:37,178 --> 00:57:38,676 Under normal circumstances, 476 00:57:38,678 --> 00:57:40,593 the control rods can compensate for that. 477 00:57:40,595 --> 00:57:42,051 Under normal circumstances. 478 00:57:42,053 --> 00:57:45,593 The Chernobyl staff stalled the reactor during the test. 479 00:57:45,595 --> 00:57:47,509 They pulled almost all the control rods out 480 00:57:47,516 --> 00:57:48,774 to bring the power back up. 481 00:57:48,777 --> 00:57:51,426 This is what Volkov learned from Leningrad. 482 00:57:51,428 --> 00:57:52,926 If the boron control rods 483 00:57:52,928 --> 00:57:55,718 are completely withdrawn from the reactor, 484 00:57:55,720 --> 00:57:57,092 when they're put back in, 485 00:57:57,094 --> 00:58:00,301 the first thing that enters the core isn't boron. 486 00:58:00,303 --> 00:58:02,511 It's graphite. 487 00:58:05,678 --> 00:58:08,009 The control rods have graphite tips 488 00:58:08,011 --> 00:58:10,509 that displace water and steam. 489 00:58:10,511 --> 00:58:12,926 So the reactivity doesn't go down. 490 00:58:12,928 --> 00:58:15,092 It goes up dramatically. 491 00:58:15,095 --> 00:58:18,551 Why on Earth would they press that button? 492 00:58:18,553 --> 00:58:20,553 They didn't know. 493 00:58:22,386 --> 00:58:25,092 Volkov warned the Kremlin, 494 00:58:25,094 --> 00:58:26,845 ten years ago. 495 00:58:27,595 --> 00:58:30,217 But there could be no doubt 496 00:58:30,219 --> 00:58:34,176 about the supremacy of the Soviet nuclear industry. 497 00:58:34,178 --> 00:58:36,092 Ah. 498 00:58:36,094 --> 00:58:39,762 The KGB classified it as a state secret. 499 00:58:41,685 --> 00:58:43,593 When I saw the reactor blown open, 500 00:58:43,595 --> 00:58:47,134 I still didn't think it could be this flaw in AZ-5. 501 00:58:47,136 --> 00:58:50,259 Because the flaw will not lead to an explosion 502 00:58:50,261 --> 00:58:55,509 unless the operators have pushed the reactor to the edge of disaster. 503 00:58:55,511 --> 00:58:58,426 - So it is their fault? - Yes. 504 00:58:58,428 --> 00:59:00,470 But not only their fault. 505 00:59:01,887 --> 00:59:03,386 No. 506 00:59:04,511 --> 00:59:07,094 Is that what you're going to say in Vienna? 507 00:59:10,011 --> 00:59:13,092 You can't possibly be that naive. 508 00:59:13,094 --> 00:59:16,593 There are 16 RBMK reactors 509 00:59:16,595 --> 00:59:19,468 running in the Soviet Union right now. 510 00:59:19,470 --> 00:59:21,509 We have to fix them. 511 00:59:21,511 --> 00:59:24,301 The only way to do that is to go public, 512 00:59:24,303 --> 00:59:26,384 force the Central Committee to take action. 513 00:59:26,386 --> 00:59:29,468 What you're proposing is that Legasov humiliate a nation 514 00:59:29,470 --> 00:59:32,551 that is obsessed with not being humiliated. 515 00:59:32,553 --> 00:59:35,092 We can make a deal with the KGB. 516 00:59:35,094 --> 00:59:37,259 You'll leave this information out in Vienna, 517 00:59:37,261 --> 00:59:40,468 and they quietly let us fix the remaining reactors. 518 00:59:40,470 --> 00:59:42,885 A deal with the KGB? 519 00:59:42,887 --> 00:59:44,595 And I'm "naive." 520 00:59:45,845 --> 00:59:49,384 They'll go after your family, they'll go after your friends. 521 00:59:49,386 --> 00:59:52,301 You have a chance to talk to the world, Valery. 522 00:59:52,303 --> 00:59:54,259 If that chance was mine... 523 00:59:54,261 --> 00:59:55,928 But it isn't, is it? 524 00:59:57,178 --> 01:00:00,384 I've know braver souls than you, Khomyuk. 525 01:00:00,386 --> 01:00:02,635 Men who had their moment and did nothing. 526 01:00:02,637 --> 01:00:06,843 Because when it's your life and the lives of everyone you love, 527 01:00:06,845 --> 01:00:09,551 your moral conviction doesn't mean anything. 528 01:00:09,553 --> 01:00:11,760 It leaves you. 529 01:00:11,762 --> 01:00:16,303 And all you want at that moment is not to be shot. 530 01:00:20,345 --> 01:00:22,801 Do you know the name Vasily Ignatenko? 531 01:00:22,803 --> 01:00:24,345 No. 532 01:00:25,678 --> 01:00:28,509 He was a fireman. 533 01:00:28,511 --> 01:00:31,676 He died two weeks after the accident. 534 01:00:31,678 --> 01:00:34,438 I've been looking in on his widow. 535 01:00:34,441 --> 01:00:36,309 She gave birth. 536 01:00:36,312 --> 01:00:38,008 A girl. 537 01:00:38,011 --> 01:00:40,303 The baby lived for four hours. 538 01:00:41,219 --> 01:00:43,426 They said the radiation would have killed the mother, 539 01:00:43,428 --> 01:00:45,899 but the baby absorbed it instead. 540 01:00:45,902 --> 01:00:47,319 Her baby. 541 01:00:49,178 --> 01:00:50,801 We live in a country 542 01:00:50,803 --> 01:00:53,511 where children have to die to save their mothers. 543 01:00:54,762 --> 01:00:56,887 To hell with your deal. 544 01:00:58,887 --> 01:01:01,219 And to hell with our lives. 545 01:01:02,803 --> 01:01:05,053 Someone has to start telling the truth. 546 01:01:19,219 --> 01:01:21,676 Congratulations, comrades. 547 01:01:21,678 --> 01:01:25,301 You are the last of 3,828 men. 548 01:01:25,303 --> 01:01:28,051 You have performed your duties perfectly. 549 01:01:28,053 --> 01:01:30,551 I wish you good health and long life. 550 01:01:30,553 --> 01:01:33,509 All of you are awarded a bonus of 800 rubles. 551 01:01:33,511 --> 01:01:35,343 - Thank you. - I serve the Soviet Union. 552 01:01:35,378 --> 01:01:37,259 - Thank you. - I serve the Soviet Union. 553 01:01:37,300 --> 01:01:39,009 - Thank you. - I serve the Soviet Union. 554 01:01:39,058 --> 01:01:40,843 - Thank you. - I serve the Soviet Union. 555 01:01:40,894 --> 01:01:42,843 - Thank you. - I serve the Soviet Union. 556 01:01:42,894 --> 01:01:44,593 - Thank you. - I serve the Soviet Union. 557 01:01:44,652 --> 01:01:46,144 - Thank you. - I serve the Soviet Union. 558 01:01:46,199 --> 01:01:47,689 - Thank you. - I serve the Soviet Union. 559 01:01:47,737 --> 01:01:49,678 - Thank you. - I serve the Soviet Union. 560 01:03:12,058 --> 01:03:18,652 - Synced and corrected by VitoSilans - ... www.Addic7ed.com ... 561 01:05:48,143 --> 01:05:50,571 - This session of court is now open. - _ 562 01:05:51,011 --> 01:05:53,094 The state calls Comrade Khomyuk. 563 01:05:53,097 --> 01:05:55,760 To understand what happened that night, 564 01:05:55,762 --> 01:05:58,586 we have to go back to the first critical moment. 565 01:05:58,589 --> 01:06:00,565 The time is 28 past midnight. 566 01:06:00,749 --> 01:06:03,668 _ 567 01:06:03,678 --> 01:06:06,718 At the trial, you're going to tell the truth. 568 01:06:06,720 --> 01:06:08,926 1:22 a.m. 569 01:06:08,928 --> 01:06:11,051 Once it's over, we will have our villains. 570 01:06:11,053 --> 01:06:14,176 We will have our hero. We will have our truth. 571 01:06:14,178 --> 01:06:16,926 1:23 and 35 seconds. 572 01:06:16,928 --> 01:06:19,468 Comrade Boris Shcherbina. 573 01:06:19,470 --> 01:06:22,635 It began with... a safety test. 574 01:06:22,637 --> 01:06:24,456 1:23:42. 575 01:06:25,219 --> 01:06:29,136 They died rescuing each other. Putting out fires. 576 01:06:29,139 --> 01:06:30,885 Tending to the wounded. 577 01:06:30,887 --> 01:06:32,633 1:23:45. 578 01:06:32,636 --> 01:06:34,886 When your testimony arrives, 579 01:06:34,889 --> 01:06:36,926 insist on reform. 580 01:06:36,928 --> 01:06:39,134 I've already given my life. 581 01:06:39,136 --> 01:06:41,301 Isn't that enough? 582 01:06:41,303 --> 01:06:43,523 The state calls Comrade Legasov.