viktor bryukhanov. well, nevertheless, the investigation began. in this way, uh, they recognized that the main cause of the accident was the human factor. this experiment was unsuccessful in removing excess heat, and, unfortunately, these people were judged by the arrests in the case of the accident at the fourth unit of the chernobyl nuclear power plant will begin on august 13, 1986, on this very day the main engineers of the station were detained nikolain, as well as its director viktor bryukhanov this is how he recalled that day. on august 13, at 10:00 am, they were invited to the prosecutor general's office and talked with the investigator until one in the afternoon, then he left for lunch. and announced you are under arrest. i asked why arrest me, because i will not run away, i heard the answer for you. it will be better and i was sent to the kgb pre-trial detention center. viktor bryukhanov was waiting here in the pre-trial detention center. freedom director of the chernobyl nuclear power plant will be released in 5 years at the end of the summer of