Who is Ulana Khomyuk in Chernobyl?

Ulana Khomyuk (The one who asks why) is a character in Chernobyl, part of Scientists. Ulana Khomyuk, a nuclear physicist from the Belarusian Institute, detects the spike on her own instruments hundreds of kilometers away and starts driving toward the thing everyone else is fleeing. A composite of the many scientists who worked the truth loose, she does the disaster's most dangerous job: interviewing the dying operators, reconstructing the night second by second, and asking — in rooms where the question is treason — why the reactor exploded when the manual says it cannot.

When does Ulana Khomyuk first appear?

Ulana Khomyuk first appears in Season 1, Episode 2 (“Please Remain Calm”) of Chernobyl (2019, HBO).

Who is Ulana Khomyuk connected to?

Relationships already established when Ulana Khomyuk first appears — nothing from later episodes.

• Valery Legasov — The truth, divided into shifts

Which group does Ulana Khomyuk belong to?

By the time Ulana Khomyuk appears, Scientists also includes Valery Legasov.

Who else is introduced in this episode?

• Boris Shcherbina — The party man
• General Pikalov — The general who drove himself

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