Liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident

USSR. Ukrainian SSR. Kiev region. Head of the mechanization department of the All-Union construction and assembly association "Soyuzatomenergostroy" N. Konstantinov (center) during a discussion of the work plan at a temporary testing ground for special equipment designed to work in the area of the damaged reactor 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