24 The Post MortemSergai Bupka walked towards Ricard’s office after finishing the autopsies in the Chernobyl underground research complex. Walking with him was Michael White - and both were very pleased with the results from the tests carried out on the bodies of the logging team.
‘Have you spoken to Tim yet?’ White enquired.
‘No, I will do later though - now that we have the autopsy results finalised. He was going straight to Quadrant 330 so he should be with Dr Maier by this evening. I’ll call him on the satellite phone in a while.’
‘He seemed to take it well though - seemed quite keen to get involved with the bigger picture.’
‘I hope so for his sake – he’s a good friend and a fine scientist. I‘d hate to see him lose his life without realising his potential - it would be a waste for
