Akimov and Toptunov completely withdrew 205.
Akimov: No, wait a second.
Akimov, are we cooling the reactor core?
Thank you, Comrade Akimov.
Call in the day shift, Comrade Akimov.
Akimov: I pressed it… before the explosion.
Toptunov called it out, Akimov pressed it.
Yes, this is Akimov in 4.
Dyatlov, Akimov, Toptunov, they're all in Moscow,
We know. Akimov, are we cooling the reactor core?
Unit Shift Chief Akimov and Engineer Toptunov encountered technical difficulties.
Dyatlov, Akimov, Toptunov, they're all in Moscow, Hospital Number 6.
Akimov, yes, Toptunov,
yes, but… Valery, Akimov… his face was gone.
Unit Shift Chief Akimov and Engineer Toptunov encountered technical difficulties leading.
Akimov says they shut the reactor down, and Toptunov confirms it.
No. They say Akimov pressed AZ-5, and then the reactor exploded.
Akimov says come to the control room as soon as you can.
I will go back to the hospital and reinterview Akimov and Toptunov.
Akimov says to come to the control room as soon as you can.
So he kept everyone working throughout the night on the exploded reactor
core which cost many workers, including Akimov, their lives.
When they eventually brought a
meter in that could read the correct levels, Akimov assumed it must be malfunctioning because of the extreme
high readings they were getting.