Kiev Region, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. A worker controlls radiation situation at reactor No. 1 of the Lenin Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after the Chernobyl disaster. On April 26, 1986 an explosion at reactor No. 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant occurred during a reactor shutdown within a safety test necessary for a scheduled maintenance. Valery Zufarov TASS 19093646

Kiev Region, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. A worker controlls radiation situation at reactor No. 1 of the Lenin Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after the Chernobyl disaster. On April 26, 1986 an explosion at reactor No. 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant occurred during a reactor shutdown within a safety test necessary for a scheduled maintenance. Valery Zufarov TASS 19093646

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Recording Date: May 28, 1986

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Kiev Region, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. A worker controlls radiation situation at reactor No. 1 of the Lenin Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after the Chernobyl disaster. On April 26, 1986 an explosion at reactor No. 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant occurred during a reactor shutdown within a safety test necessary for a scheduled maintenance. Valery Zufarov TASS 19093646

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