48 Hours a Day

In the third bed of the ward sits a tall, thin man with white hair.

He was now turning his back to the door, staring at a pine tree outside the window, wondering what he was thinking, hearing the nurse calling his name, and pausing for a few seconds, before turning his head slowly.

Zhang Heng also saw Gatrov for the first time (he had only glanced twice in the corridor outside the ward), a name that could not be bypassed once Chernobyl was mentioned in future generations. Many news editorials regarded him as the first person responsible for the accident at the nuclear power plant, in which he was described as an arrogant, benevolent and foolish leader.

On the first side, however, Zhang Heng temporarily failed to see too much from Gatorov. The man in front of him had an angular face, his eyelids were deep and his eyes seemed a little dull.

Like his colleagues, Gatorov was exposed to high doses of radiation, red skin and traces of vomit on the collar of his sick clothes. He looked straight at the five people who walked into the house and did not speak.

The Chief Nurse had to repeat, "Mr. Gatorov, the team is here to see you. ”

“I heard you.” Deputy Chief Engineer Road.

The room was quiet at this time, and just a short time ago you were still talking about the Group of Experts. I didn't expect the Group of Experts to come to Pripyati, which is also a flanking illustration of the importance attached to the accident, and everyone couldn't help but worry.

The atmosphere seemed a little strange at the moment.

The first to break the silence was Besonova, "I am Daria, an engineer from the Atomic Energy League, with Yevrem, an acute radiology specialist, and Valentina, a nuclear physicist, and Mr. Sergei, a senior assistant prosecutor. ”

The doctor and coconut nodded to Katrov, sort of saying hello, while Zhang Heng still didn't move, just looking cold at the Deputy Chief Engineer in front of him, like a snake staring at a prey before hunting.

The cold eyes made Gatorov feel very uncomfortable, so his stomach sent another signal to his brain. Gatorov quickly took up the trash can next to his bed and vomited again. Zhang Heng noticed that the coconut's body was also trembling. She was obviously taken by Gatorov and wanted to throw up, but it was good that she eventually beat her physiological discomfort with her own will, and the mask on her face was not removed when she bit the teeth off.

And Gatorov couldn't spit anything out, and his stomach had been emptied a few hours earlier, with nothing left but gastric juice.

Gatorov dried up for a while, rinsed his mouth with salt water, and then he looked up again, with a weak voice, “What do you want from me? ”

“Everything you know about this accident, Comrade Gatorov.” Besonova took it seriously, after the initial nervousness, she has now gradually entered into her role. Zhang Heng did not mistake her, the girl really has a talent for acting.

She was originally just a little nurse at Pripyati Medical Center, and Gatorov was the deputy chief engineer of the Chernobyl 3 and 4 reactor crew and a big man in Atomic City, and Besonova would never dare speak to each other in that tone.

But now she feels a strange feeling that she could never have felt before, as if she really had Gatrov's destiny in her hands, and she knows that.

Perhaps because he knew that he had made a big mistake, Gatorov did not ask for identification from the current panel of experts, nor did he check with chief engineer Fuming or the head of the nuclear power plant Bryhanov. Of course, the main desire was that he had no idea that someone would impersonate the panel of experts, and secondly, the size of the courage, mainly because the practice would not yield any benefits.

So Gatorov nodded, "Okay, I'll tell you everything I know. ”

Besonova turned around and said to the nurse, "Find us a place to talk. ”

“Well, now the hospital ward is full.” Did the chief nurse hear the words?

“Isn't there a dressing room for the nurses?” Beisonova regretted herself when she spoke, mainly because she had been working here too familiar to hear the nurse say she had come up with a solution first, but her current status as an engineer of the Atomic Energy League, Dalia, clearly should not be so familiar with the dressing room at the medical center.

Sure enough, the nurse had a strange look on her face, but eventually she didn't say much and took a few people to the dressing room.

And before leaving, Besonova said to Akimov and Toptunov, "It's up to you after Mr. Gatorov, so you'd better use this time in the middle to get ready. ”

The duty foreman and the Senior Reactor Control Engineer looked at each other and read their concerns and concerns from each other's eyes.

Three minutes later, only Gatorov was left in the dressing room, along with four members of the Group of Experts.

The doctor pulled a tape recorder from the suitcase and placed it on the table, pressing the recording key.

Besonova on the other side has gone to the Deputy Chief Engineer, and she's in a remarkably good state, looking into Katelov's eyes, in a gentle tone, “Don't be nervous, Comrade Katelov, we'll start with a simple question. ”

“You're Anatoly Stepanovich Gatorov, deputy chief engineer of Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, right? ”

“Yes, it's me.” Gatorov looked a little disturbed, his hands crossed in front of his chest and his voice sounded a little dull.

“Can you briefly describe how you got here? ”

“Here, Chernobyl? Oh, I was the head of a physics lab in the Far East.” Gatorov sorted out his thoughts and continued, "studying the physical properties of small reactor cores. ”

“Mm-hmm." Besonova nodded pretentiously, but she didn't understand a word about Gatorov's research, but that didn't prevent her from continuing to ask.

“So how was your work here? ”

“Mostly smooth, though there have been some minor problems with the reactor before. ”

“Like what? ”

Gatorov hesitated for a moment, but said, "As we've actually mentioned in previous reports, it's mostly leaks, mostly in drains and vents, about 50 cubic metres per hour of radioactive wastewater, some waste disposal, and some cement structures in the main body of the nuclear power plant that need to be reinforced, but as I said before, these are minor problems. ”