Liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident

USSR. Ukrainian SSR. Kiev region. The staff of Construction Department No. 605 of the USSR Ministry of Medium Machine Building during the construction of a protective "Shelter" over the damaged fourth power unit of 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 the reactor shutdown for routine preventive maintenance. Valery Zufarov, Vladimir Repik/TASS