Viktor Bryukhanov

Viktor Petrovich Bryukhanov (Russian: Виктор Петрович Брюханов; 1 December 1935 – 13 October 2021) was an Uzbek politician and engineer. He was the manager of construction of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the director of the plant from 1970 to 1986.Higginbotham, A. (2019). Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster. London: Bantam Press. Bryukhanov was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Bryukhanov died in Kyiv on 13 October 2021, at the age of 85. The ex-director of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant died during the accident, Ukrayinska Pravda (13 October 2021)Скончался руководитель Чернобыльской АЭС во время катастрофы Виктор Брюханов, Moskovskij Komsomolets (13 October 2021)  The cause of death was multiple strokes caused by Parkinson's disease.Viktor Brjoechanov, oud-directeur van de kerncentrale van Tsjernobyl, overleden, VRT nieuws (13 October 2021)  

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