The general dosimeters available at Chernobyl could only read up to 3.6 Roentgen, so they took that value and said “hey, that’s not a too bad a level of radiation” without realizing (or putting in their due diligence) that the true reading was over 15,000. And the head operator and architect of the disaster (dyatlov) kept using 3.6 as the proof that everything is alright and just a minor setback even though the only higher range dosimeter that was available immediately fried itself
The reactor crew could ascertain only that the radiation levels were somewhere above 0.001 R/s (3.6 R/h), while the true levels were vastly higher in some areas.
Because of inaccurate low readings, reactor crew chief Aleksandr Akimov assumed that the reactor was intact. The evidence of pieces of graphite and reactor fuel lying around the building was ignored, and the readings of another dosimeter brought in by 04:30 were dismissed under the assumption that the new dosimeter must have been defective.
why 3.6?
The general dosimeters available at Chernobyl could only read up to 3.6 Roentgen, so they took that value and said “hey, that’s not a too bad a level of radiation” without realizing (or putting in their due diligence) that the true reading was over 15,000. And the head operator and architect of the disaster (dyatlov) kept using 3.6 as the proof that everything is alright and just a minor setback even though the only higher range dosimeter that was available immediately fried itself
I thought this was a machine from that timeline control centre thingie from Loki. That makes more sense.
He’s delusional, take him to the Infirmary
Watch the show Chernobyl, it’s worth it
Historical fiction
I was curious too. This is my best guess,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster
Note the name Akimov in the post.