To protect the anonymity of my interviewees, I identify the interviews only by number, date, and location, along with a general description of the scope of their work. All interviews but one were recorded; I often had additional conversations with my interviewees that were not recorded.
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# |
Date |
Location |
About the Interviewee |
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1 |
3/2002 |
Vienna |
Engineer; worked as government representative at the IAEA. (No recording.) |
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2 |
1/16/2001 |
Moscow |
Professor, Russian Academy of Sciences. |
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3 |
2/16/2003 |
Moscow |
Nuclear engineer; worked at almost all types of reactors from the earliest days of the Soviet program, from basic technical positions to management functions, always for Minenergo. |
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4 |
3/12/2003 |
Moscow |
Engineer; worked on plutonium-producing reactors at military sites, for Sredmash. |
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5 |
3/13/2003 |
Obninsk |
Nuclear engineer; involved with the start-up of several early nuclear power reactors; worked in research. |
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6 |
3/13/2003 |
Obninsk |
Nuclear physicist; worked in the nuclear weapons program and later in research and development for the civilian nuclear industry. |
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7 |
3/26/2003 |
Moscow |
Physicist-engineer; worked at military sites before transferring to Minenergo. Also held management positions in government agencies. |
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8 |
3/26/2003 |
Moscow |
Nuclear physicist, generalist; worked in top technical positions for Sredmash and in various management positions in other government agencies. |
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9 |
3/29/2003 |
Moscow |
Nuclear engineer; worked at almost all types of reactors from the earliest days of the Soviet program, from basic technical positions to management functions, always for Minenergo. |
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10 |
3/30/2003 |
Moscow |
Engineer; specialist in graphite-water reactors; worked with RBMKs from their earliest days. |
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11 |
4/3/2003 |
Moscow |
Power engineer turned nuclear specialist; worked at various nuclear power plants since the 1960s, and later held management positions in government agencies. |
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12 |
4/7/2003 |
Obninsk |
Nuclear physicist; worked in the nuclear weapons program and later in research and development for the civilian nuclear industry. |
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13 |
4/8/2003 |
Obninsk |
Two engineers who worked for Sredmash at military sites on graphite-water reactors. |
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14 |
5/28/2003 |
Moscow |
Engineer; worked at some of the first nuclear power plants; also served in management positions for Minenergo. |
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15 |
9/8/2003 |
Moscow |
Physicist-engineer who worked at Obninsk and served at the IAEA for some time. |
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16 |
10/8/2003 |
Visaginas |
Engineer and nuclear safety expert; specialist in RBMKs; worked for Sredmash. |
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17 |
10/8/2003 |
Visaginas |
Engineer; RBMK operator. |
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18 |
10/8/2003 |
Visaginas |
Engineer; RBMK specialist; worked for Sredmash at several nuclear power plants from the very beginning. |
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19 |
12/5/2003 |
Obninsk |
Engineer; worked for Sredmash at military sites. |
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20 |
12/5/2003 |
Obninsk |
Engineer, worked for Sredmash at military sites and later transferred to Obninsk. |
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21 |
12/10/2003 |
Moscow |
Engineer; worked for Minenergo and its subsidiaries, both in the Soviet Union and abroad, in the nuclear industry and the general power industry. |
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22 |
12/15/2003 |
Moscow |
Physicist and economist; worked for Sredmash. |
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23 |
7/5/2004 |
Moscow |
Nuclear physicist who worked in research and development under Sredmash; specialist in RBMKs. |
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24 |
7/5/2004 |
Moscow |
Science journalist. |
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25 |
6/6/2005 |
Moscow |
Physicist-engineer; worked at military sites before transferring to Minenergo. Also held management positions in government agencies. |
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26 |
9/26/2006 |
Moscow |
Physicist-engineer; worked at military sites; held management positions in Sredmash and other government agencies. |
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27 |
10/2/2006 |
Moscow |
Nuclear physicist and nuclear safety expert; worked in research. |
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28 |
10/3/2006 |
Moscow |
Engineer; held management positions in the government, where his responsibilities included oversight of the nuclear industry. |
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29 |
10/15/2011–10/16/2011 |
Dresden |
Nuclear physicist-engineer, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. |
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30 |
10/18/2011 |
Saint Petersburg |
Engineer; worked for Sredmash and managed important nuclear construction projects. |
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31 |
10/21/2011 |
Kiev |
Geologist, academician; worked in research. |
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32 |
10/21/2011 |
Kiev |
Nuclear engineer; worked for Minenergo and held management positions in other government agencies. |
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33 |
10/23/2011 |
Kiev |
Engineer; worked for the nuclear navy before coming to work in the nuclear industry for Minenergo. |
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34 |
Summer 2012 |
Vienna |
Engineer; worked for the military in NBC defense and later for Sredmash in disaster response. |