Ukraine, the SBU security service releases secret KGB documents on the Chernobyl tragedy

2021-04-28T09:55:02.034Z

The State Archives of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) released secret documents about the Chernobyl disaster coinciding with the 35th anniversary of the April 26, 1986 tragedy. According to the RBC-Ukraine portal, the KGB documents include the first report on the explosion by the director of the nuclear power plant Viktor Briukhanov, the talks of the operators of the plant at the time of the accident, information on the evacuation of almost 45 thousand residents of Pripyat and surrounding areas. Archival records show that accidents at the plant happened earlier. For example, in 1982, there was a considerable spill of radioactive substances in reactor 1. The KGB report on that incident ends with the sentence "measures were taken to avoid panic and the spread of provocative rumors. "In 1984, accidents occurred in reactors 3 and 4. In 1983 the Moscow leadership, according to the documents, received information that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was one of the most dangerous nuclear power plants in the Soviet Union due to a lack of safety equipment. In the event of an accident, the radioactivity was estimated to be "60 times higher than that of the atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki." "After the accident , the Soviet authorities searched for various "conspiracy theories" but did not recognize the reality. Already on April 27 a list of "unreliable" residents of Pripyat was ready, of foreign delegations who visited the Chernobyl nuclear power plant,and of "sectarians, representatives of German nationality and of those who correspond abroad". And then there are documents on "nationalists" who wanted to obtain samples of contaminated soil with the help of a "network of agents in Kiev" to discredit the Soviet leadership in the world, "the report reads. 'SBU, there was a directive issued on July 8, 1986, which imposed state secrets on all the details of the Chernobyl accident: its causes, the nature of the destruction, the composition of the mixture released into the air during the 'explosion, the radiation situation, the extent of the clearance work, morbidity, and others.abroad. "And then there are documents on the" nationalists "who wanted to obtain samples of contaminated soil with the help of a" network of agents in Kiev "to discredit the Soviet leadership in the world," the report reads. As noted in the documents declassified by the SBU, there was a directive issued on July 8, 1986, which imposed state secrets on all the details of the Chernobyl accident: its causes, the nature of the destruction, the composition of the mixture released into the air during the explosion, the radiation situation, the extent of the clearance work, morbidity, and others.abroad. "And then there are documents on the" nationalists "who wanted to obtain samples of contaminated soil with the help of a" network of agents in Kiev "to discredit the Soviet leadership in the world," the report reads. As noted in the documents declassified by the SBU, there was a directive issued on July 8, 1986, which imposed state secrets on all the details of the Chernobyl accident: its causes, the nature of the destruction, the composition of the mixture released into the air during the explosion, the radiation situation, the extent of the clearance work, morbidity, and others.to discredit the Soviet leadership in the world, "the report reads. As noted in the documents declassified by the SBU, there was a directive issued on July 8, 1986, which imposed state secrecy on all details of the incident of Chernobyl: its causes, the nature of the destruction, the composition of the mixture released into the air during the explosion, the radiation situation, the extent of the clearance works, morbidity, and others.to discredit the Soviet leadership in the world, "the report reads. As noted in the documents declassified by the SBU, there was a directive issued on July 8, 1986, which imposed state secrecy on all details of the incident of Chernobyl: its causes, the nature of the destruction, the composition of the mixture released into the air during the explosion, the radiation situation, the extent of the clearance works, morbidity, and others.air during the explosion, the radiation situation, the extent of the clearance work, morbidity, and others.air during the explosion, the radiation situation, the extent of the clearance work, morbidity, and others.