Liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident

USSR. Ukrainian SSR. Kiev region. Chernobyl. Participants in the cleanup of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident during lunch in the central canteen, converted from a car maintenance station. On April 26, 1986, an explosion occurred at the fourth power unit of the nuclear power plant during equipment testing during a reactor shutdown for routine preventive maintenance. Valery Zufarov/TASS