Quotes tagged ‘Nuclear Meltdown’

“Bryukhanov: I take it the safety test was a failure? Anatoly Dyatlov: We have the situation under control. Fomin: Under control? It doesn't look like it's under control. Bryukhanov: Shut up, Fomin. I have to tell the Central Committee about this. Do you realize that? I have to get on the phone and t…”

— Craig Mazin, Anatoly Dyatlov, Jared Harris, imdb.com

“Legasov: [showing pictures of the damaged reactor] The atom is a humbling thing. General Nikolai Tarakanov: It's not humbling, it's humiliating. Why is the core still exposed to the air? Why have we not already covered it up? Legasov: We want to, but we can't get close enough. The debris on the roof…”

— Craig Mazin, Valery Legasov, Jared Harris, imdb.com

“[The Kremlin, Moscow: Legasov and Ulana Khomyuk explain the consequences of a nuclear meltdown with full water tanks] Ulana Khomyuk: When the lava enters these tanks, it will instantly superheat and vaporize approximately 7,000 cubic meters of water, causing a significant thermal explosion. Gorbache…”

— Craig Mazin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Sam Troughton, imdb.com

“[Legasov and Shcherbina faces incredulous workers as they ask for volunteers in a suicidal mission to open the sluice gate valve] You'll do it because nobody else can. And if you don't, millions will die. If you tell me that's not enough I won't believe you. This is what has always set our people ap…”

— Craig Mazin, Boris Shcherbina, Stellan Skarsgard, imdb.com

“[Polissya hotel, Pripyat: Helicopters dropping sand and boron to extinguish the fire in the Chernobyl plant] Shcherbina: It's been smooth. Twenty drops. [notices Legasov's expression] What? Legasov: There are fifty thousand people in this city. Shcherbina: Professor Ilyin, who's also on the commissi…”

— Craig Mazin, Boris Shcherbina, Stellan Skarsgard, imdb.com

“[Inside a military jeep, as Fomin and Bryukhanov prepare to meet Shcherbina...] Fomin: It's overkill. Pikalov's showing off to make us look bad. Bryukhanov: It doesn't matter how it looks. Shcherbina is a pure bureaucrat, as stupid as he is pigheaded. We'll tell him the truth in the simplest terms p…”

— Craig Mazin, Boris Shcherbina, Stellan Skarsgard, imdb.com

“[April 26, 1986: Meeting in the power plant office, engineer Anatoly Sitnikov reports high radiation in reactor 4] Dyatlov: What's wrong with you? How'd you get that number from feedwater leaking from a blown tank? Anatoly Sitnikov: You don't. Dyatlov: Then what the fuck are you talking about? Sitni…”

— Craig Mazin, Paul Ritter, Anatoly Dyatlov, imdb.com