SECRET Protocol #2 Session of the CC CPSU Politburo Operational Group on issues related to the elimination of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl NPS nuclear power station 30 April 1986 Attended Members of the Politburo CPSU Central Committee Comrades N I Ryzhkov Y K Ligachev V I Vorotnikov V M Chebrikov Candidate members of the Politburo CPSU Central Committee Comrades V I Dolgikh S L Sokolov Minister of Internal Affairs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Comrade A V Vlasov Invited participants Head of the Department of Heavy Industries and Energy of the CPSU Central Committee Comrade I P Yastrebov President of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR Comrade A P Aleksandrov First Deputy Minister of Defense Comrade S F Akhromeyev First Deputy Minister of Medium Machine Engineering Comrade A M Petrosyants Head of the Civil Defense Forces of the USSR Comrade A T Altunin First Deputy Minister of USSR Ministry of Public Health Comrade O P Shchepin First Deputy Chairman of the USSR State hydrometeorological Committee Comrade D S Sedunov Minister of USSR Higher and Secondary Special Education Comrade G A Yagodin Head of the VPO SoyuzAtomEnergo of the Ministry of Energy and Electrification of the USSR Comrade G A Veretennikov Head of the 16 Main directorate of the Ministry of Medium Machine Building Comrade E V Kulikov Deputy Head of the Department of Heavy Industries and Energy of the CPSU Central Committee ComradeV M Frolyshev 1 About the situation at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station Take note of the information from Comrade V Dolgikh on this issue 2 About the radiation situation in European parts of the USSR Take note of the message from Comrade Sedunov that in general radiation levels are decreasing the spread of radioactive substances on Polish territory remains fixed and in connection with changing wind directions it is possible that the substances will also appear in Czechoslovakia Hungary and Romania Instruct the state hydrometer to provide daily information about the radiation situation in the European part of the USSR 3 On the participation of subdivisions of the Ministry of Defense in eliminating the consequences of the accident Take note of - The message from Comrade Altunin that with the forces of civil defense units a network of points has been organized for observing the radiation situation including at railway stations and in the airport and equipment is being readied for the decontamination of the roads - The report from Comrade Akhromeyev about the arrival of remote control technology at the Chernobyl NPS about the distribution of 10 000 food rations to evacuees about the upcoming formation on the 2nd of May of a brigade of chemical troops consisting of 2 000 service men and 650 pieces of equipment which will begin work on the site of the accident on the 4th of May At this time 600 people are already at work there Instruct Akhromeyev to work on the decontamination of the territory of the station and areas adjacent to it at maximum speed 4 In Response to the English French and Italian students studying in Kiev and Minsk Take into consideration information from Comrade Yagodin on this question Source Alla Yaroshinskaya Chernobyl Sovershenno Sekretno Moscow Drugie Berega 1992 Translated by Brooke Lennox for the National Security Archive This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu