
Nikolai Fomin

Nikolai Maximovich Fomin (, ; born 1937 in Novoekonomichne, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian engineer. 
He was the chief engineer of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant from 1981 until the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986.
Biography.
Nikolai Fomin was a member of the CPSU, but was expelled after the Chernobyl disaster. He started his career at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. In 1972 he began working at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. As chief engineer, he approved the infamous experiment that led to the explosion of the reactor. However, the deputy chief engineer Anatoly Dyatlov was the principal person responsible for the experiment.
Fomin learned of the accident at about 4 am on April 26, 1986, and subsequently participated in cleaning up the aftermath. He was subsequently arrested together with plant director Viktor Bryukhanov. The start of the trial, originally scheduled for March 24, 1987, had to be postponed several times due to Fomin's suicide attempts. Eventually, he and Bryukhanov were each sentenced to 10 years in prison.
While in prison, Fomin received psychiatric treatment several times. For health reasons, he was released from prison early and transferred to a psychiatric hospital. After his release from the hospital, he worked at the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant. Since his retirement in mid-2000, he has lived with his wife, children and grandchildren in Udomlya.
Other.
In the television series Chernobyl, he is portrayed by Adrian Rawlins.