Valery Legasov

Valery Legasov
Валерий Легасов
Legasov, c. 1986
Born	(1936-09-01)1 September 1936 Tula, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	27 April 1988(1988-04-27) (aged 51) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Cause of death	Suicide by hanging
Resting place	Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia
Alma mater	Moscow D. Mendeleev Institute of Chemical Technology
Known for	Efforts to contain the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and presenting the findings of the investigative commission as chief scientific advisor
Spouse	Margarita Mikhailovna
Children	2[1]
Awards	Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner of Labour Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumous)
Scientific career
Fields	Inorganic chemistry
Institutions	I. V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Moscow State University
Doctoral advisor	Isaak Kikoin

Chernobyl disaster
The reactor in 2013
Effects Comparison with other radioactivity releases Comparison with Fukushima Cultural impact Deaths Elephant's Foot Groundwater contamination TORCH report
Individuals Aleksandr Akimov Anatoly Dyatlov Vasily Ignatenko Valery Khodemchuk Boris Shcherbina Valery Legasov Mykola Melnyk Vassili Nesterenko Vladimir Pikalov Volodymyr Pravyk Nikolai Tarakanov Leonid Telyatnikov Leonid Toptunov
Locations Exclusion Zone Chernihiv–Ovruch railway Chernobyl power plant Kopachi Opachychi Poliske Red Forest Tarasy Velyki Klishchi Vilcha Yaniv Polesie Reserve Aravichy Dzernavichy Pripyat amusement park Azure swimming pool Avanhard stadium FC Stroitel Energetik cultural palace Jupiter factory Polissya hotel Slavutych
Organisations Chernobyl Children International Children of Chernobyl Benefit Concert Chernobyl Forum Chernobyl Recovery and Development Programme Chernobyl Shelter Fund Friends of Chernobyl's Children State Institution for Radiation Monitoring and Radiation Safety
Related topics 2022 Russian capture of Chernobyl Chernobyl: Abyss (2021 film) Chernobyl (2019 miniseries) Chernobyl liquidators Chernobyl necklace Chernobylite Sarcophagus New Safe Confinement Samosely National Chernobyl Museum
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Valery Alekseyevich Legasov (Russian: Валерий Алексеевич Легасов; 1 September 1936 – 27 April 1988) was a Soviet inorganic chemist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. He is primarily known for his efforts to contain the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Legasov also presented the findings of an investigation to the International Atomic Energy Agency at the United Nations Office at Vienna, detailing the actions and circumstances that led to the explosion of Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.