Toptunov’s role at Chernobyl initially involved working as a unit control engineer and later as a senior reactor control engineer. But his fate was sealed when he found himself on duty on the. Toptunov tried to shut down the power but the man in charge Anatoly Dyatlov forced him to up the power to 200 megawatts for the safety test. After the safety test has started, the turbine was. In the early hours of April 26, 1986, Leonid Toptunov, a young, inexperienced and tired member of the night crew at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, near Kiev, allowed the level of reactivity.
In the early hours of April 26, 1986, Leonid Toptunov, a young, inexperienced and tired member of the night crew at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, near Kiev, allowed the level of reactivity. Leonid Fedorovich Toptunov ( 16. August 1960, Nikolaevka, UdSSR - 14. Mai 1986, Moskau, UdSSR) - einer der Arbeiter im Kernkraftwerk Tschernobyl, leitender Reaktorkontrollingenieur.