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Interview With Chernobyl Engineer

Posted by michael on from the close-encounters dept.

An anonymous reader writes "New Scientist has posted an interview with a former Chernobyl engineer, Alexander Yuvchenko, who was not only there the night of the explosion, but is still alive today to tell about it. A fascinating recollection of some pretty heroic acts."

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  1. Re:But how many of them by Shakrai · · Score: 5, Funny

    Stood there and watched the blue ionized air as it poured out of the reactor?

    "Is small fire comrade, under control now."

    (Hey at least it's not an "In Soviet Russia..." joke)

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