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This level of access is unprecedented for a Western scientist, and even more unusual considering that Sich is a graduate student, the Globe said...
During his extended stay in Ukraine, Sich toured the premises, talked with workers and scientists and sifted through documents detailing what happened in the days before and after the devastating 1986 accident...
...Sich, however, said this measure was totally ineffective because the pilots actually missed the reactor core by about 50 feet...
...some experts have questioned Sich's findings. Morris Rosen, deputy director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told the Globe that the helicopter pilots were successful in their attempts to douse the blaze...
According to Sich, the radioactive material in the core eventually burned its way through a six-foot radiation shield, melted the floor and quickly spread out over the floors of the lower level of the plant...