Valery Khodemchuk | |
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Валерій Ходемчук | |
Born | Valery Ilyich Khodemchuk 24 March 1951 |
Died | 26 April 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Pripyat, Ukrainian USSR, Soviet Union | (aged 35)
Cause of death | Nuclear reactor explosion |
Burial place | Chernobyl NPP |
Occupation(s) | Soldier, Senior Operator for Chernobyl Power plant |
Known for | Night shift circulating pump operator at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant |
Spouse | Natalia Khodemchuk |
Children | Oleg Khodemchuk son . Larisa Khodemchuk daughter. |
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Awards | Order of the Badge of Honour Order For Courage Third Class |
Chernobyl disaster |
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Valery Ilyich Khodemchuk (Ukrainian: Валерій Ілліч Ходемчук; Russian: Валерий Ильич Ходемчук; 24 March 1951 – 26 April 1986) was a Soviet engineer who was the night shift circulating pump operator at the Chernobyl power plant, and the first casualty of the Chernobyl disaster.[1]