Valery Ivanovich Perevozchenko (6 May 1947-13 June 1986) was a Soviet engineer who worked as a foreman at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant during the 1980's.
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Perevozchenko was born on May 6, 1947 in the Soviet Union. As an adult he worked at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant as a foreman in the reactor section. During the disaster he received fatal dose of radiation during attempt to locate and rescue Valery Khodemchuk and others, and manually lower the control rods with Kudryavtsev and Proskuryakov. During this time he looked directly to the open reactor core, suffering radiation burns on side and back while Making extra efforts to save fellow crew. He was taken to hospital in Moscow where he was placed in the upper bound level of Degree III estimated dose 8.5Sv (850 rem). He was given a Bone marrow transplant in an attempt to revitalise his immune system however it ultimately failed and he died from his burns, infection and Graft Versus Host disease.