Word: bryukhanov
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...convicted of the minutely itemized charges, as seems almost certain under the tightly controlled Soviet legal system, five of the defendants face sentences of up to ten years in prison. They include Dyatlov, former Plant Director Viktor Bryukhanov, 51, and former Chief Engineer Nikolai Fomin, 50. The three men have already been stripped of Communist Party membership and have spent the past year in a Kiev jail, awaiting trial. Wearing plain dark suits and shirts open at the collar, all three looked gaunt and weary...
When asked whether they understood the case against them, the men admitted some guilt but denied outright responsibility for the accident. Several blamed faulty equipment or design errors. Shielding his eyes from the TV lights, Bryukhanov conceded that he had been partially negligent. He insisted, however, that he was not guilty of safety violations. Dyatlov provided the most emotional moment. Grabbing a microphone and holding it close, he denied in a firm voice that he was directly to blame for the death of any plant workers. Then Dyatlov added, "With so many human deaths, I cannot say I am completely...
...Soviets last week disclosed three names that may soon become widely known: Plant Director Viktor Bryukhanov, Chief Engineer N. Fomin and a deputy chief engineer identified only as Dyatlov. The names were virtually unaccompanied by biography except for the charge against them: "criminal negligence" in connection with the explosion last year that ripped apart Reactor No. 4 near the Ukrainian town of Chernobyl. Maximum penalty: 15 years in jail...
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