“Because of the inaccurate low readings, the reactor crew chief Alexander Akimov assumed that the reactor was intact. The evidence of pieces of graphite and reactor fuel lying around the building was ignored, and the readings of another dosimeter brought in by 4:30 a.m. were dismissed under the assumption that the new dosimeter must have been defective.”
Source: wikipedia
Alexander: Clearly, the reactor is intact.
Alexi: Why is there reactor fuel in the road, Alexander?
Alexander: That is clearly not reactor fuel, comrade.
[22:46:28] <@nikky> Gotta love the Soviet Union
[22:46:34] <@Lain> is this Chernobyl the play?
[22:46:46] <@nikky> That would be fun to write
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