Would Not Pressing AZ-5 SAVE Chernobyl?

The final chain of events that ultimately led to the explosion of Chernobyl Unit Four in 1986 were set in motion when Leonid Toptunov pressed the AZ-5 button. However, let’s envision a scenario where Akimov doesn’t order Toptunov to shut down the reactor, and instead tells him to wait for some unknown reason. That doesn’t matter. Let’s instead look at this scenario, because there are actually two diverging opinions here.
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