Brief information for work with children in the city of Bronnitsy

Our organization (Bronnitsa city public organization of disabled people "Soyuz-Chernobyl") has been working with children for 7-8 years. It all started with providing simple information about the events that occurred in the city of nuclear power workers Chernobyl. Unfortunately, this event is very the residents themselves knew little and their children knew practically nothing, although from the very beginning of the events, i.e. from April 26, 1986 officers of military unit 63539 and up to liquidation of the military group in Chernobyl took a direct part in eliminating the consequences of the Chernobyl accident.

The work began with conducting lessons on courage on Chernobyl topics at school No. 2. This work was supported from the very beginning by the school director Natalya Sergeevna Solovyeva. Later, the idea arose to transfer the acquired information and knowledge to paper. Thus the first school competition was born children's drawing on Chernobyl topics. Subsequently, this topic was developed and grew from school competition in the city interschool, in the regional intercity (Bronnitsy and Elektrogorsk, Moscow region) and in 2010 we held an exhibition-competition of children's drawings in the Moscow region on the topic: “Chernobyl through the eyes of children.” The results of the regional competition were summed up, the results were sent to the Minister of Education of the Moscow Region Antonova L.N. All competitions and exhibitions of children's works, except for the intercity competition, were held at the personal expense of Chernobyl victims. In the process of carrying out all this work, active, inquisitive, talented children of three secondary schools in the city, the School of Art, and the House of Children's Creativity.

The children of the Children's Art Center took a more active position. It was proposed to hold an exhibition of children's crafts. Such an exhibition was held at the City Veterans Council. The authors of the best crafts were awarded with valuable gifts.

The Chernobyl city organization decided to buy back all the children’s handicrafts. Which is what was done. In the future, the children of the Children's Art Center have always been active participation in competitions artistic works, an exhibition of handicrafts was organized for them. These works were sold during the exhibition; the proceeds were used to restore and expand the range of ornamental materials.

Our organization was provided active assistance teachers of fine arts and drawing are:

1. School No. 1 – Murashova Margarita Aleksandrovna;

2. School No. 2 – Kirsanova Olga Nikolaevna;

3. School No. 3 – Marina Vasilievna Mamontova;

4. School of Arts - Borisova Vlada Dmitrievna;

5. House of Children's Creativity - Oksana Yuryevna Nosova.

On the anniversary date - on the 25th anniversary of the accident Chernobyl nuclear power plant we intend to hold an exhibition children's drawings "Chernobyl through the eyes of children" in the Regional House of Arts government of the Moscow region, as well as the regional children's art competition.

In general, our press – Bronnitsky News – will tell you the best about children’s competitions.

The very first participants in the children's drawing competition

"The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is the largest technological disaster XX century"

Alimuradova Elmira

Afanasyeva Daria

Botnar Vika

Valeeva Olga

Vishnevsky Vladislav

Volchkova Vika

Grishina Margarita

Gusarova Vika

Derichev Oleg

Ivanov Pavel

Karpovich Denis

Kirsanova Angelina

Kozlova Alena

Maltseva Kristina

Matveev Ruslan

Mymrikova Olesya

Nazarova Vika

Nikolaychuk Katya

Pichugina Ksenia

Podlesnaya Lena

Skachkov Alexey

Smirnova Olga

Soloshenko Zhenya

Finogenov Dima

Sharipova Ira

Shish Katya

Video material about the first children's drawing competition is located

on the "Our Video" page to watch press here

Children's drawing competition between school students

Elektrogorsk and Bronnitsy

April 24, 2009 in the city of Bronnitsy A children's drawing competition "Chernobyl through the eyes of children" was organized and held. Students from two schools in the Moscow region took part in the competition. The Bronnitsky News newspaper writes about this competition.

Exhibition of drawings by children from Bronnitsy and Elektrogorsk

Our guests, leaders and organizers of the intercity children's drawing competition "Chernobyl through the eyes of children"th"

Kirsanova Olga Nikolaevna with her students - participants in the children's drawing competition

Winners of the children's drawing competition "Chernobyl through the eyes of children" in the city of Elektrogorsk

Video material from Bronnitsky TV about the intercity children's drawing competition on the theme of the Chernobyl disaster is located on the "Our Video" page to watch

Young artists from different parts of the country sent about a thousand drawings. The guys reflected the beauty in their works native land, the pain of Chernobyl, the courage of the Belarusian people and faith in the Revival of our country. The competition is a unique opportunity to look at the problem of the Chernobyl disaster through the eyes of children and see what they see. Many small artists live in small towns and villages in areas contaminated with radionuclides - the drawings of these guys are distinguished by their special realism.

The works were performed in a wide variety of techniques: graphics, watercolors, appliqués, gouache, oil paints, leather goods.

The competition was held in five categories:

- “A bright future, despite Chernobyl”;

- “Young generation: remember, learn, revive / Chernobyl: past, present, future”;

- “Chernobyl: century 21 / Chernobyl is a wound on the heart of Europe”;

- “Chernobyl - Belarusian pain”;

- “Living with radiation/Chernobyl in my life.”

Initially, the jury planned to select only 15 winning works - three for each nomination. But so many original drawings that skillfully revealed the Chernobyl theme were sent to the competition that the jury decided to increase the number of prizes to 41.

First place in the category "A bright future, despite Chernobyl":

Voitko Alexandra, 14 years old, Novy Dvor village, Pinsk district, Brest region

Bykovsky Denis, 13 years old, Mikashevichi, Brest region

First place in the nomination “Young generation: remember, learn, revive / Chernobyl: past, present, future”:

Dmitrachkov Pavel, 13 years old, Minsk

First place in the category “Chernobyl: century 21/Chernobyl is a wound on the heart of Europe”:


Beketo Galina, 15 years old, Uzda, Minsk region

Marina Shankova, 15 years old, Murinbor village, Kostyukovichi district, Mogilev region

First place in the category "Chernobyl - Belarusian pain":


Danilenko Veronica, 14 years old, Slavgorod, Mogilev region

Elena Kozenko, 15 years old, Mozyr, Gomel region


Hunchback Valeria, 15 years old, Volkovysk, Grodno region

First place in the category "Living with radiation/Chernobyl in my life":

Kalenik Marya, 11 years old, Porechye village, Grodno district

The competition was organized by the branch "Belarusian Branch of the Russian-Belarusian information center on the problems of the consequences of the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant" (BORBITS) RNIUP "Institute of Radiology" of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus on behalf of the Department for Elimination of the Consequences of the Disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

On February 16, 2010, the winners and runners-up of the competition gathered in BORBITS (Minsk) for the award ceremony. Diplomas and incentive awards were provided to the winners by the Department, the Belarusian Union of Artists, Beltelecom, Wild Nature magazine, ASB Belarusbank and BORBITZ.

All winning works will be included in the international exhibition “Reviving the Damaged Land Together,” which will be shown in the countries of the European Union on the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.

Check out the winners' drawings >>>

On the night of April 25-26, 1986, exactly 21 years ago, an accident occurred. Explosion of power unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. This event cannot leave anyone indifferent; it brought so much pain and misfortune.
Next is a large selection of photographs of both the Chernobyl nuclear power plant itself and the Chernobyl Zone as a whole, as well as the cities of Chernobyl and Pripyat, a chronicle of the events of the accident and links to sites on related topics.

Photos of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986, after the accident.

Now brief chronology events of those two ill-fated nights:

01:06
The planned gradual reduction in reactor power has begun
03:47
Reactor power stopped at 1600 MW(t)
14:00
The emergency core cooling system has been isolated (part of the test program). The power should have been reduced even more, but a request came from Kyiv to leave the power at the same level (1600 MW(t)). Test program delayed
23:10
Reducing power again

00:05
Power level has reached 720 MW(t) and continues to decrease
00:28
Power level – 500 MW(t). The control was switched to automatic mode, but this led to an unexpected drop in power to 30 MW(t)
00:32
The operator attempts to restore power by removing the reaction control rods. In order to leave less than 26 rods, permission from the chief engineer is required, but already at this time their number is less than required.
01:00
Power increased to 200 MW(t)
01:03
An additional pump is included in the left sleeve of the cooling system to increase the flow of water to the core (included in the test program)
01:07
An additional pump is included in the right sleeve of the cooling system (included in the test program). Additional pumps removed heat from the core faster. The water level in the steam separator has decreased
01:15
The operator deactivated the reactor shutdown system at low steam pressure
01:18
The operator increased the water flow
01:19
Some control rods are removed to increase power and raise temperature and pressure in the steam separator. The rules do not allow fewer than 15 control rods, but there were probably only eight at this point
01:21:40
Water flow is reduced to below normal levels in order to stabilize the water level in the steam separator and reduce heat removal from the core
01:22:10
Steam formation has begun in the core
01:22:45
Despite the emergency warnings received, the state of the reactor was stable
01:23:10
Automatic control rods are removed from the core
01:23:21
Steam production increases sharply. This should result in increased power
01:23:35
The amount of steam in the core begins to increase uncontrollably
01:23:40
Emergency button pressed. Automatic control rods returned to the core
01:23:44
Reactor power exceeded rated power by 100 times
01:23:45
The reaction of fuel with cooling water produces an impulse high pressure in fuel channels
01:23:49
Fuel channels destroyed
01:24
Two explosions occurred. They tore off the roof of the reactor, exposing air, which contributed to the formation of flammable gas and caused a fire.

Photos of the Exclusion Zone, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Chernobyl and Pripyat after 2000.
We had similar photos of Pripyat

"CEMETERY OF CONTAMINED EQUIPMENT."

11:30
We pass a machinery cemetery. Decided to stop and take pictures. We climb onto our car and take pictures of the cemetery. It is simply immense in size. There are “dirty” cars standing in rows. Armored personnel carriers, trucks, ambulances, fire trucks, buses, excavators, robotic bulldozers and even cargo helicopters (the most powerful in the world - 50t lift). Andrey and I climb onto a twenty-meter tower to take large-scale photographs of the cemetery, and meanwhile our guide persuades the guards to let us into the cemetery, provided that we do not leave the path and do not touch the equipment. From the height of the tower there is a huge panorama of the cemetery. The wind blows and the tower begins to sway noticeably. We go down, Rimma has agreed on everything and we enter the cemetery. Each of us tries to walk in the center of the path, carefully checking to see if there is a metallic taste in the mouth. The equipment is in a very neglected state; only the skeleton of some remains. Rimma says that very “dirty” equipment was immediately buried at great depths. We walk along the rows of cars and imagine how that night teams of rescuers, firefighters and soldiers loaded onto this equipment and drove to the burning reactor. We stop at the equipment we like and take pictures; the sun is shining very brightly; when taking photographs, we have to cover the camera lens with our hands, creating a shadow. Rimma talks about robots, about how Japanese humanoid robots fell on the roof or began to twitch terribly and fall from the roof, as if committing suicide.
I remember the robotic bulldozers, they were the ones that dumped into open reactor lumps of radioactive graphite that were thrown onto the roof from the reactor during the explosion. We pass by the buses on which the residents of Pripyat were evacuated, opposite an ambulance, and fire trucks nearby. The sun is mercilessly hot, there are too many impressions.
recorded by Sytyanov Alexey

Continuing with photographs of contaminated equipment that took part in the liquidation of the Chernobyl accident.

The following sources were used in preparing the material:
text - chtoby_pomnili
photos:
1) pripyat.com
2) www.foxbat.ru
3) and from here

Resources on Chernobyl:
20th anniversary website
Pripyat - ghost town
memoirs of Grirogriy Medvedav
photographs of the effects of radiation

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On April 26, 1986, the worst thing happened at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. nuclear accident. Block 4 exploded and tons of radioactive materials were thrown out. According to various sources, from 4,000 to 200,000 people were affected. But no one is able to calculate the exact number of victims, as well as all the damage caused.

Aerial view of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant a few days after the explosion.

One of the few remaining in the exclusion zone


Wolves bred in the abandoned territory.


Construction of a concrete sarcophagus is underway.

View of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant today.


Exclusion zone: 30 km.


April 1996. A drilling machine tests the sarcophagus above power unit 4.


Worker at Chernobyl nuclear power plant checks the radiation level in the turbine room of the first and second power units in June 1986.


Interior view of a building in the abandoned city of Pripyat.


An abandoned house in the abandoned village of Redkovka, located 35 km from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant


A concrete sarcophagus is being erected. October 1986.


The roof over power unit 4, destroyed by an explosion. 1991


Ferris wheel in the city of Pripyat.


Concrete sarcophagus and monument to Chernobyl victims.


Regular measurements of radioactivity have become commonplace. Vladivostok, Russia.


At the first power unit last time unload fuel. 2006


Nastasya Vasilyeva, 67 years old, in her home in the destroyed village of Rudnya in an isolated zone 45km from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant


A military helicopter scatters deactivators a few days after the Chernobyl accident.


Control room 4 power units. The background radiation is 16,000 times higher than permissible.


Today background radiation near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is 37 times more than usual.


A scientist at the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences shows a foal born with mutations.


Graffiti on the wall of one of the buildings in Pripyat, a ghost town.


Photos of those who liquidated the Chernobyl accident are in the museum.


Colonel Leonid Telyatnikov, head of the fire brigade that extinguished the fire at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, shows a photograph of the exploded reactor.


An employee of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the control room of the destroyed 4th unit.


Chernobyl nuclear power plant against the backdrop of the abandoned city of Pripyat.


An employee of the Kurchatov Atomic Institute takes measurements three years after the tragedy.


Abandoned maternity hospital in the city of Pripyat.


Statue of Lenin in the city of Pripyat.


Ukrainian schoolchildren are taught to use gauze bandages, not far from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.


Monument to the fallen Chernobyl victims.


Cemetery for cars heavily contaminated with radiation, next to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant


An employee of the Kurchatov Institute stands in the control room of power unit 4 3 years after the tragedy.


Anya Savenok, 9 years old, was born with disabilities, in close proximity to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.


A nurse at a children's clinic in Warsaw administers iodine solution to a three-year-old girl in Poland, May 1986.


An eight-year-old Ukrainian girl is suffering from cancer and is waiting to receive treatment at a children's hospital in Kyiv.

April 26 is the Day of Remembrance for those killed in radiation accidents and disasters. This year marks 27 years since the Chernobyl disaster - the largest in the history of nuclear energy in the world. An entire generation has grown up without this terrible tragedy, but on this day we traditionally remember Chernobyl. After all, only by remembering the mistakes of the past can we hope not to repeat them in the future. In 1986, an explosion occurred at the Chernobyl reactor No. 4, and several hundred workers and firefighters tried to put out the fire that burned for 10 days. The world was enveloped in a cloud of radiation. About 50 station employees were killed and hundreds of rescuers were injured. It is still difficult to determine the scale of the disaster and its impact on people’s health - only from 4 to 200 thousand people died from cancer that developed as a result of the received dose of radiation. Pripyat and the surrounding areas will remain unsafe for human habitation for several centuries.


1. This 1986 aerial photo of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, shows the damage from the explosion and fire of reactor No. 4 on April 26, 1986. As a result of the explosion and fire that followed it, a release occurred huge quantities radioactive substances in atmosphere. Ten years after the world's largest nuclear disaster The power plant continued to operate due to an acute shortage of electricity in Ukraine. The final shutdown of the power plant occurred only in 2000. (AP Photo/Volodymyr Repik)


2. On October 11, 1991, when the speed of turbogenerator No. 4 of the second power unit was reduced for its subsequent shutdown and removal of the SPP-44 steam separator-superheater for repair, an accident and fire occurred. This photo, taken during a journalists' visit to the plant on October 13, 1991, shows part of the collapsed roof of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, destroyed by fire. (AP Photo/Efrm Lucasky)

3. Aerial view of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, after the largest nuclear disaster in human history. The photo was taken three days after the explosion at the nuclear power plant in 1986. In front of the chimney is the destroyed 4th reactor. (AP Photo)

4. Photo from the February issue of the magazine “ Soviet life": main hall of the 1st power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 29, 1986 in Chernobyl (Ukraine). Soviet Union admitted that there was an accident at the power plant, but did not provide additional information. (AP Photo)


5. A Swedish farmer removes straw contaminated by radiation a few months after the Chernobyl explosion in June 1986. (STF/AFP/Getty Images)


6. A Soviet medical worker examines an unknown child who was evacuated from the nuclear disaster zone to the Kopelovo state farm near Kiev on May 11, 1986. The photo was taken during a trip organized by Soviet authorities to show how they deal with the accident. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko)


7. Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev (center) and his wife Raisa Gorbacheva during a conversation with the management of the nuclear power plant on February 23, 1989. This was the first visit of the Soviet leader to the station since the accident in April 1986. (AFP PHOTO/TASS)


8. Kiev residents queue for forms before being tested for radiation contamination after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, in Kyiv on May 9, 1986. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko)


9. A boy reads a notice on the closed gate of a playground in Wiesbaden on May 5, 1986, which reads: “This playground is temporarily closed.” A week after the explosion of the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl on April 26, 1986 municipal council Wiesbaden closed all playgrounds after detecting radioactivity levels between 124 and 280 becquerels. (AP Photo/Frank Rumpenhorst)


10. One of the engineers who worked at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant undergoes a medical examination at the Lesnaya Polyana sanatorium on May 15, 1986, a few weeks after the explosion. (STF/AFP/Getty Images)


11. Defense activists environment mark railway cars containing radiation-contaminated dry serum. Photo taken in Bremen, northern Germany on February 6, 1987. The serum, which was delivered to Bremen for onward transport to Egypt, was produced after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident and was contaminated by radioactive fallout. (AP Photo/Peter Meyer)


12. A slaughterhouse worker places fitness stamps on cow carcasses in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, May 12, 1986. According to the decision of the Minister of Social Affairs of the federal state of Hesse, after the Chernobyl explosion, all meat began to be subject to radiation control. (AP Photo/Kurt Strumpf/stf)


13. Archival photo from April 14, 1998. Workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant walk past the control panel of the destroyed 4th power unit of the station. On April 26, 2006, Ukraine celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident, which affected the lives of millions of people, required astronomical costs from international funds and became an ominous symbol of the dangers of nuclear energy. (AFP PHOTO/GENIA SAVILOV)


14. In the photo, which was taken on April 14, 1998, you can see the control panel of the 4th power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. (AFP PHOTO/GENIA SAVILOV)

15. Workers who took part in the construction of the cement sarcophagus covering the Chernobyl reactor, in a memorable photo from 1986 next to the unfinished construction site. According to the Chernobyl Union of Ukraine, thousands of people who took part in the liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster died from the consequences of radiation contamination, which they suffered during their work. (AP Photo/Volodymyr Repik)


16. High-voltage towers near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on June 20, 2000 in Chernobyl. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)


17. A nuclear reactor operator on duty records control readings at the site of the only operating reactor No. 3, on Tuesday, June 20, 2000. Andrei Shauman angrily pointed at a switch hidden under a sealed metal cover on the control panel of the reactor at Chernobyl, a nuclear power plant whose name has become synonymous with nuclear disaster. “This is the same switch with which you can turn off the reactor. For $2,000, I’ll let anyone push that button when the time comes,” Schauman, acting chief engineer, said at the time. When that time came on December 15, 2000, environmental activists, governments and simple people all over the world breathed a sigh of relief. However, for the 5,800 workers at Chernobyl, it was a day of mourning. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)


18. 17-year-old Oksana Gaibon (right) and 15-year-old Alla Kozimerka, victims of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, are treated with infrared rays at the Tarara Children's Hospital in the capital of Cuba. Oksana and Alla, like hundreds of other Russian and Ukrainian teenagers who received a dose of radiation, were treated for free in Cuba as part of a humanitarian project. (ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP)


19. Photo dated April 18, 2006. A child during treatment at the Center for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, which was built in Minsk after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, representatives of the Red Cross reported that they were faced with a lack of funds to further assist the victims of the Chernobyl accident. (VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images)


20. View of the city of Pripyat and the fourth reactor of Chernobyl on December 15, 2000 on the day of the complete shutdown of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. (Photo by Yuri Kozyrev/Newsmakers)


21. A Ferris wheel and a carousel in a deserted amusement park in the ghost town of Pripyat next to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on May 26, 2003. The population of Pripyat, which in 1986 was 45,000 people, was completely evacuated within the first three days after the explosion of the 4th reactor No. 4. Explosion at Chernobyl nuclear power plant thundered at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986. The resulting radioactive cloud damaged much of Europe. According to various estimates, from 15 to 30 thousand people subsequently died as a result of radiation exposure. More than 2.5 million residents of Ukraine suffer from diseases acquired as a result of radiation, and about 80 thousand of them receive benefits. (AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY)


22. In the photo from May 26, 2003: an abandoned amusement park in the city of Pripyat, which is located next to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. (AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY)


23. In the photo from May 26, 2003: gas masks on the floor of a classroom in one of the schools in the ghost town of Pripyat, which is located near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. (AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY)


24. In the photo from May 26, 2003: a TV case in a hotel room in the city of Pripyat, which is located near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. (AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY)


25. View of the ghost town of Pripyat next to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. (AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY)


26. Photo from January 25, 2006: an abandoned classroom in one of the schools in the deserted city of Pripyat near Chernobyl, Ukraine. Pripyat and the surrounding areas will remain unsafe for human habitation for several centuries. Scientists estimate that it will take about 900 years for the most dangerous radioactive elements to completely decompose. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)


27. Textbooks and notebooks on the floor of one of the schools in the ghost town of Pripyat on January 25, 2006. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)


28. Toys and gas mask in the dust in the former primary school abandoned city of Pripyat on January 25, 2006. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)


29. In the photo January 25, 2006: abandoned gym one of the schools in the deserted city of Pripyat. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)


30. What remains of the school gym in the abandoned city of Pripyat. January 25, 2006. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)


31. A resident of the Belarusian village of Novoselki, located just outside the 30-kilometer exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, in a photo taken on April 7, 2006. (AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV)


32. A woman with piglets in the deserted Belarusian village of Tulgovichi, 370 km southeast of Minsk, April 7, 2006. This village is located within the 30-kilometer zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. (AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV)


33. On April 6, 2006, an employee of the Belarusian radiation-ecological reserve measures the level of radiation in the Belarusian village of Vorotets, which is located within the 30-kilometer zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. (VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images)


34. Residents of the village of Ilintsy in the closed zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, about 100 km from Kyiv, pass by rescuers from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine who are rehearsing before a concert on April 5, 2006. Rescuers organized an amateur concert on the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster for more than three hundred people (mostly elderly people) who returned to live illegally in villages located in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. (SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images)


35. The remaining residents of the abandoned Belarusian village of Tulgovichi, located in the 30-kilometer exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, celebrate the Orthodox holiday of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary on April 7, 2006. Before the accident, about 2,000 people lived in the village, but now only eight remain. (AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV)


36. A worker at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant measures radiation levels using a stationary system. radiation monitoring at the exit from the power plant building after work on April 12, 2006. (AFP PHOTO/GENIA SAVILOV)


37. A construction crew wearing masks and special protective suits on April 12, 2006, during work to strengthen the sarcophagus covering the destroyed 4th reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. (AFP PHOTO / GENIA SAVILOV)


38. April 12, 2006, workers sweep away radioactive dust in front of the sarcophagus covering the damaged 4th reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Because of high level radiation teams only work for a few minutes. (GENIA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images)