Anatoly Dyatlov

(1931-1995)

Soviet nuclear engineer in charge during the Chernobyl disaster

more_vert

1,500 views

favorite

About

edit

Jump to

Family
Relationships
Associates
Similar

Anatoly Stepanovich Dyatlov (Russian: Анатолий Степанович Дятлов, Ukrainian: Анатолій Степанович Дятлов; 3 March 1931 – 13 December 1995) was a Soviet engineer, who was deputy chief engineer of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. He supervised the safety test which resulted in the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, for which he served time in prison as he was blamed for not following the safety protocols. He was released as part of a general amnesty in 1990. Later investigations found that reactor design flaws were a more significant factor than operator error, although some safety procedures were not followed.