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Title: Who was Valery Legasov, the Soviet scientist that saved the world from Chernobyl
Post by: Marlin on Jun 05, 2019, 12:13
Who was Valery Legasov, the Soviet scientist that saved the world from Chernobyl?


https://www.rbth.com/history/330459-valery-legasov-chernobyl?fbclid=IwAR3Lx0xJIkKUfNGUQX7qsiDqXGfMAoRf71VgVN8Ps0lyOfb8FJxVXEuQZTw
Title: Re: Who was Valery Legasov, the Soviet scientist that saved the world from Chernobyl
Post by: RDTroja on Jun 05, 2019, 08:11
Radiation sickness from 100 REM?

I think they were missing a zero in there (or didn't include anything internal.)
Title: Re: Who was Valery Legasov, the Soviet scientist that saved the world from Chernobyl
Post by: TVA on Jun 05, 2019, 09:21
Oh BS
Title: Re: Who was Valery Legasov, the Soviet scientist that saved the world from Chernobyl
Post by: Marlin on Jun 05, 2019, 10:05
Quote from: RDTroja on Jun 05, 2019, 08:11
Radiation sickness from 100 REM?

I think they were missing a zero in there (or didn't include anything internal.)

   It may have excluded shallow dose if he had a "radiation tan" and only documented deep dose. The article said he made many helicopter flights over the site so internal is more than just speculation. It is a Russian news outlet sooooooo....

Just my  [2cents]


It did reference the HBO mini series that I have not watched but hear it is pretty good.
Title: Re: Who was Valery Legasov, the Soviet scientist that saved the world from Chernobyl
Post by: scotoma on Jun 06, 2019, 07:14
100 REM (soviet) is in the ballpark. He most likely had some internal dose as anybody in the area at that time did. It ddin't say if he received any medical treatment He didn't die, he got sick. He was well enough to give a report 4 months later and llived another 2 years before ending it all. It wasn't clear what the long term affects of the exposure was. He died one day before he was to give a comprehensive report. Suspicious? The HBO series was dramatized fiction. A lot of truth, but some drama to make it interesting enough to a common audience.
Title: Re: Who was Valery Legasov, the Soviet scientist that saved the world from Chernobyl
Post by: GLW on Jun 06, 2019, 01:14
Quote from: Marlin on Jun 05, 2019, 12:13
Who was Valery Legasov, the Soviet scientist that saved the world from Chernobyl?
https://www.rbth.com/history/330459-valery-legasov-chernobyl?fbclid=IwAR3Lx0xJIkKUfNGUQX7qsiDqXGfMAoRf71VgVN8Ps0lyOfb8FJxVXEuQZTw (https://www.rbth.com/history/330459-valery-legasov-chernobyl?fbclid=IwAR3Lx0xJIkKUfNGUQX7qsiDqXGfMAoRf71VgVN8Ps0lyOfb8FJxVXEuQZTw)

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https://allthatsinteresting.com/vasili-arkhipov (https://allthatsinteresting.com/vasili-arkhipov)

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Is it just me or are Russians really confusing?!?!?!?!


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