On Thursday, December 14, Ukrainians honored the memory of heroes who participated in the elimination of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Exactly December 14, 1986, the construction of a protective sarcophagus over a damaged power unit at the Chernobyl NPP. This day in Ukraine is a day of honoring for executives, workers, military, scientists and radiation safety professionals who have fulfilled their civic and professional duty, building a "shelter" in extremely difficult radiation conditions.
Recall that on April 26, 1986, the greatest technogenic catastrophe in human history happened. During the experiment, two explosions occurred at the 4th Chornobyl NPP reactor, and a cloud of radioactive dust went into the atmosphere. The wind spread dangerous radioactive isotopes to the northwest, where they settled on the ground and fell into reservoirs. As a result of the accident, Ukraine heads the number of victims of the former republics of the Soviet Union. A powerful cyclone has been carried by radioactive substances through Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Austria, Finland, the United Kingdom, and later through Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium.
