Chapter 1142 Deputy Chief Engineer

Sitting on bed No. 3 in the ward was a tall, thin man with gray hair.

He was facing away from the door and looking at a pine tree outside the window. He didn't know what he was thinking. When he heard the head nurse calling his name, he paused for a few seconds and then slowly turned his head.

Zhang Heng also met Dyatlov for the first time (he had only glanced twice in the corridor outside the ward). This is a name that cannot be avoided once the Chernobyl incident is mentioned in later generations. Many news editorials He was regarded as the first person responsible for the nuclear power plant accident. In those manuscripts, he was described as an arrogant, stupid leader who was obsessed with profit.

But as far as the first interview is concerned, Zhang Heng couldn't see much from Dyatlov for the time being. The man in front of him had an angular face, sunken eye sockets, and his eyes looked a little dull. .

Like his colleagues, Dyatlov also suffered a large dose of radiation. His skin was red, and there were still traces of vomit on the collar of his hospital gown. He looked straight at the five people who entered the room. , said nothing.

The head nurse had to repeat again, "Mr. Dyatlov, the expert team is here to see you."

"I heard it," said the deputy chief engineer.

The ward also became quiet at this time. Not long ago, everyone was talking about the expert team. Unexpectedly, the expert team came to Pripyat in a blink of an eye. This also shows from the side that the above-mentioned people attach great importance to this accident. Everyone I couldn't help but get worried.

The atmosphere seemed a little strange for a moment.

The first to break the silence was Besonova, "I am Dalia, an engineer from the Atomic Energy Union. Next to me are Yefrem, an expert on acute radiation sickness, Valentina, a nuclear physicist, and... senior assistants Prosecutor Mr. Sergey.”

The doctor and Coconut nodded to Dyatlov as a greeting, but Zhang Heng still didn't move, just looking at the deputy chief engineer in front of him coldly, like a poisonous snake staring at its prey before hunting.

That cold gaze made Dyatlov feel very uncomfortable, so his stomach sent another signal to his brain. Dyatlov quickly picked up the trash can beside the bed and vomited again. As a result, Zhang Heng noticed the coconut His body also trembled. She was obviously brought up by Dyatlov and felt like vomiting, but fortunately, she finally used her own will to overcome the physical discomfort, gritted her teeth and did not take off the mask on her face.

And Dyatlov couldn't vomit anything. His stomach had been emptied out a few hours ago, leaving nothing but gastric juice.

Dyatlov retched for a while, rinsed his mouth with salt water, then raised his head again and said in a weak voice, "What do you want from me?"

"Everything you know about this accident, Comrade Dyatlov." Besonova said with a serious expression. After experiencing the initial nervousness, she has gradually entered into her role. Zhang Heng did not misread her. , this girl is indeed very talented in acting.

She was originally just a nurse at the Pripyat Medical Center, while Dyatlov was the deputy chief engineer for the operation of Chernobyl Reactor Units 3 and 4, and was also a big shot in the Atomic City. Bessono I would never dare to use this tone of voice when meeting someone.

But now, she felt a wonderful feeling that she had never experienced before, as if she really held Diatlov's fate in her hands, and she knew that the latter knew this too.

Perhaps because he knew that he had made a big mistake, Dyatlov did not ask the expert team in front of him to show his identification, nor did he check with Chief Engineer Fomin or Nuclear Power Plant Director Brukhanov. Of course, the more important thing Even if he wanted to, he would never have imagined that someone would pretend to be an expert team. His courage was secondary, but the main reason was that this approach would not bring any benefits.

So Dyatlov nodded, "Okay, I will tell you everything I know."

Besonova turned to the head nurse and said, "Find us a place where we can talk."

"Well, the hospital wards are all full now." The head nurse heard this and felt embarrassed.

"Isn't there a dressing room for nurses?" Besonova blurted out and regretted it. The main reason was that she had been working here and was very familiar with it. When the head nurse said it, she immediately thought of solving it. There is no way, but her current identity is Dalia, an engineer from the Atomic Energy Alliance, and she obviously shouldn't be so familiar with the locker room of the medical center.

Sure enough, the head nurse also had a strange look on her face, but in the end she didn't say anything more and led a few people to the dressing room.

Before leaving, Besonova said to Akimov and Toptunov, "It will be you after we finish talking with Mr. Dyatlov, so you'd better use the time in between to get there in advance." Make some preparations.”

The shift foreman and senior reactor control engineer looked at each other, and they could see anxiety and worry in each other's eyes.

Three minutes later, only Dyatlov and the four members of the "expert group" were left in the locker room.

The doctor took out a tape recorder from the mall from his suitcase, put it on the table, and pressed the record button.

On the other side, Besonova had already walked up to the deputy chief engineer. She was in surprisingly good condition. She looked into Dyatlov's eyes and said in a soft tone, "Don't be nervous, Comrade Dyatlov, we will Let’s start with simpler questions.”

"You are Anatoly Stepanovich Dyatlov, deputy chief engineer of Reactor No. 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, right?"

"Yes, it's me." Dyatlov looked a little uneasy, crossing his hands on his chest, and his voice sounded a little hoarse.

"Can you briefly introduce how you got here?"

"Here, Chernobyl? Oh, I used to be the head of a physics laboratory in the Far East." Dyatlov collected his thoughts and continued, "Studying... the physics of small reactor cores characteristic."

"Yes." Besonova nodded pretendingly. In fact, she didn't understand a word of Dyatlov's research content, but this did not prevent her from continuing to ask.

"Then your work here is going well?"

"In general, it went relatively smoothly, although there were some minor problems with the reactor before."

"For example?"

Dyatlov hesitated for a moment, but still said, "We actually mentioned it in the previous report. It was mainly leaks, mostly in drains and vents. The leakage volume of radioactive wastewater was about 50 cubic meters per hour. meters, there is also some waste disposal, and part of the cement structure of the main body of the nuclear power plant also needs to be reinforced, but as I said before, these are minor issues."