Liquidation of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident

USSR. Ukrainian SSR. Kiev region. Chernobyl. Liquidators of the consequences of the accident at the V. I. Lenin Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant read fresh newspapers at the Soyuzpechat kiosk. 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/TASS