 Valentina was an assistant to a turbine engineer and Viktor was a trainee fresh from the university.During the late 1960s and early 1970s the energy minister offered Bryukhanov a new assignment - build an atomic power plant consisting of four RBMK reactors on the banks of the Pripyat River in Ukraine.Initially, Bryukhanov proposed construction of pressurized water reactors (PWAs), but this decision was met with opposition stating safety and economic reasons supporting construction of RBMK reactors, which eventually resulted in the construction of RBMK reactors.