Oleksiy Ananenko Explained

Oleksiy Ananenko
Native Name:Олексій Ананенко
Birth Date:1959 10, df=y
Birth Place:Inta, Komi ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Awards:Hero of Ukraine

Oleksiy Mykhailovych Ananenko (Ukrainian: Олексій Михайлович Ананенко; born 13 October 1959) is a Ukrainian mechanical engineer who worked at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

Biography

After the Chernobyl disaster, he was part of the three-man "suicide squad"[1] that drained the steam suppression pools under the fourth reactor building, since he was very familiar with the layout of the building. Although his feat was quickly forgotten in the wake of the disaster, he was awarded the Order for Courage in 2018 and the title Hero of Ukraine in 2019.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Despite media reports claiming the three men died of radiation poisoning shortly after the incident, he survived and lives in Kyiv as of 2019.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kramer . Sarah . A Chernobyl 'suicide squad' of volunteers helped save Europe — here's their amazing true story . 2023-10-09 . Business Insider . en-US.
  2. Book: Silver, Lionel Ray . Fallout from Chernobyl . 1987 . Deneau . 978-0-88879-140-5 . en.
  3. Web site: 2019-06-14 . Real life Chernobyl diver reveals what really happened . 2023-10-09 . Hindustan Times . en.
  4. https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/4682019-27817 УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №468/2019
  5. Web site: 2021-04-26 . Hero of Chernobyl: An Interview with Engineer Alexei Ananenko . 2023-04-07 . Ex Utopia . en-US.
  6. News: 2019-06-12 . Chernobyl survivors assess fact and fiction in TV series . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-10-09.