Liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident

USSR. Ukrainian SSR. Kiev region. Ferry crossing over the Pripyat River, which carries equipment and materials needed to eliminate the consequences of the accident at the V. I. Lenin Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. On April 26, 1986, an explosion occurred at the fourth power unit of the NPP during equipment testing during a reactor shutdown for routine preventive maintenance. Valery Zufarov/TASS