Vorobyev drove back to the bunker and reported to Brukhanov the most conservative reasonable dosimetry estimate: the station was now surrounded by very high fields of radiation, of up to 200 r/h. It was essential, he said, to warn the people of Pripyat about what had happened. “We need to tell people that there’s been a radiation accident, that they should take protective measures: close the windows and stay inside,” Vorobyev told the director. But still Brukhanov stalled. He said he would wait for Korobeynikov, head of the plant’s radiation safety team, to make his own assessment. At 3:00
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