Chernobyl - 1986

Chernobyl - 1986 April 26, 1986 is not just a date on the calendar. A. Kurkin, The Burden of The Peaceful Atom
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“...April 26, 1986 is not just a date on the calendar, it is a symbol of events filled with the deepest meaning, the meaning of which each subsequent generation will discover again. And as our society changes, as it becomes aware and aware of itself, its history and key moments in its development, it will necessarily return in memory to Chernobyl...”
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Leonid Khristich maintains the engines of his helicopter. At the LPA, Leonid Khristich was part of the crew of the Mi-8 ...
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Leonid Khristich maintains the engines of his helicopter. At the LPA, Leonid Khristich was part of the crew of the Mi-8 helicopter that tragically crashed on October 2, 1986.

Life in pre-accident Pripyat.
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Life in pre-accident Pripyat.

Liquidators in front of the Energetik Community Center, 1988. Photo from Sergei Soluyanov's archive.
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Liquidators in front of the Energetik Community Center, 1988. Photo from Sergei Soluyanov's archive.

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radiation levels at unit 3
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radiation levels at unit 3

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Old control panel of reactor number 4.
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Old control panel of reactor number 4.

S.K.A.L.A. computer in one of the Chernobyl units, I don't know which one.
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S.K.A.L.A. computer in one of the Chernobyl units, I don't know which one.

The liquidators of the cesium-137 disaster in Goiânia, BrazilHELPERS BECOME VICTIMSGoiânia, November 1987. The heroes: T...
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The liquidators of the cesium-137 disaster in Goiânia, Brazil

HELPERS BECOME VICTIMS

Goiânia, November 1987. The heroes: They cleaned the city of radioactive waste.

More than 700 aid workers, technicians, bricklayers, truck drivers, firefighters, police officers, and soldiers were deployed to secure and clean the contaminated sites. Some subsequently became ill. Many therefore also consider themselves victims of cesium.

During the cleanup operations, the radiation levels were sometimes so high that they exceeded the measuring scale of the Geiger counters and constantly triggered alarms. The radiation technicians therefore had to continuously deregulate the measuring devices and deactivate the alarms. Suzane de Alencar Vieira, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

At the time of the accident, João was working as a driver, transporting radioactive waste out of the city. His two brothers, Aparecido and Bento, were clearing away radioactive construction debris. His mother was washing her children's work overalls. None of them have been officially recognized as victims. Correio Braziliense, September 8, 2017

German radiation expert Dr. Winfried Koelzer from the Karlsruhe Research Center was on-site in Goiânia as a consultant. He suggested using robots in some areas due to the high levels of radiation, in order to prevent workers from being exposed to radiation.

Heavy rainfall had also driven cesium particles more than 30 centimeters into the ground, which therefore also had to be removed. New York Times, October 29, 1987

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