Kiev Region, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. The Mi-26 helicopter decontaminates the area from the air in the thirty-kilometer exclusion zone after the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. On April 26, 1986, an explosion occurred in the reactor no. 4 of the nuclear power plant during equipment tests after the shutdown of the reactor for the next scheduled preventive maintenance. Valery Zufarov TASS 1470256
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Recording Date: May 28, 1986
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Kiev Region, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. The Mi-26 helicopter decontaminates the area from the air in the thirty-kilometer exclusion zone after the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. On April 26, 1986, an explosion occurred in the reactor no. 4 of the nuclear power plant during equipment tests after the shutdown of the reactor for the next scheduled preventive maintenance. Valery Zufarov TASS 1470256
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