: At midnight, a new shift led by Aleksandr Akimov and Leonid Toptunov took over under the direction of Chief Engineer Anatoly Dyatlov , despite having no prior knowledge of the test.
It's a German production released in April 2023. It's hands down the best documentary I have seen on Chernobyl. Chernobyl Utopia in Flames 2of4 The Accident 10...
Secondly, the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) rates disasters from 1 to 7. Chernobyl was the first event in history to be rated a 7—a figure that dwarfs the "10" but highlights the magnitude. However, in the specific context of the documentary’s focus on technical breakdown, the power spike just before the explosion was roughly the normal operational power level. This massive surge is what vaporized the cooling water and blew the reactor apart. : At midnight, a new shift led by