Anatoly Dyatlov

Deputy chief-engineer of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant at the time of the disaster (1931-1995)

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Lived 1931–1995, aged 64
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    1931–1995
    Aged 64
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Updated 2026-06-21

The Soviet nuclear engineer who supervised the safety test that became the Chernobyl disaster. He served time in prison, blamed for not following protocols, and died nine years later from what was likely radiation exposure.

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Anatoly Stepanovich Dyatlov was deputy chief engineer at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant when he oversaw a safety test on the night of 26 April 1986. The test spiraled into the worst nuclear accident in history. Soviet authorities charged him with failing to follow safety protocols and sent him to prison. Released in 1990 on health grounds, he had five years left. He died on 13 December 1995 at sixty-four, radiation the likely cause.

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