Surviving Disaster (TV Mini Series)
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster (2006)
Hugh Dickson: Government official
Quotes
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Government official : Tomorrow the Politburo will publish their judgement that the operators perpetrated a series of crude violations. And you propose...
Legasov : They disobeyed the rules, but they weren't aware of the facts.
Government official : The potential neutron surge as the graphite tips re-entered was a known problem.
Legasov : Known by whom? Nobody told them. Nobody! We told them there had never been a major accident in a nuclear plant. Well there's been 14. 14! And there'll be more unless we change the change the way we communicate.
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Government official : [Speaking to Valery Legasov] Your report will be examined and rewritten by a committee of our own physicists. They will remove any reference to known flaws in the rector design, the tips of the rods, et cetera. They will make more clear the shortcomings of the control room staff. And you will present that report in Vienna this August.