"About 600,000 liquidators were mobilised from across the Soviet Union over the next four years to contain and clean up the disaster. Their tasks ranged from flying above the exposed core to wash and seal it, to scrubbing radioactive dust from buildings and roads."
"Many had little understanding of the dangers they faced. Before the anniversary, a group of liquidators from Ukraine's Poltava region returned to Chornobyl for a day's visit to the site where they once worked in hastily issued uniforms and improvised protective gear."
The Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant explosion, occurring on April 26, 1986, was the worst civilian nuclear disaster in history. Approximately 600,000 soldiers, firefighters, engineers, miners, and medics were mobilized to manage the aftermath. The explosion released a massive amount of radioactive material, contaminating large areas of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. Survivors, known as liquidators, returned to the site to commemorate their efforts and the lasting impact of the disaster on their lives and the environment.
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