„Legasov suicide leaves unanswered questions”. Nuclear Engineering International. јул 1988. Архивирано из оригинала 20. 07. 2020. г. Приступљено 26. 05. 2019. „Soviet nuclear industry sources have said that domestic problems played a role, but the timing, 27 April, exactly two years after the Chernobyl accident, is clearly of major significance. His death was first officially announced on 29 April, but without any mention of the cause. Subsequently it emerged that he had taken his own life.”
Neef, Christian (24. 3. 2011). „'This Reactor Model Is No Good': Documents Show Politburo Skepticism of Chernobyl”. Der Spiegel. Превод: Sultan, Christopher. „But he did not die of radiation sickness, even though he spent four months in Chernobyl after the explosion there. Legasov hanged himself in his office on April 27, 1988, almost two years to the day after the reactor accident in present-day Ukraine.”
„Legasov suicide leaves unanswered questions”. Nuclear Engineering International. јул 1988. Архивирано из оригинала 20. 07. 2020. г. Приступљено 26. 05. 2019. „Soviet nuclear industry sources have said that domestic problems played a role, but the timing, 27 April, exactly two years after the Chernobyl accident, is clearly of major significance. His death was first officially announced on 29 April, but without any mention of the cause. Subsequently it emerged that he had taken his own life.”