"Chornobyl: Memory Zone": Memories of Liquidators

Volyn Television. The program "Chornobyl: Memory Zone" from December 14, 2014 focuses on interviews with liquidators of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant accident.

In the video: archival footage of the city of Pripyat before the accident and scenes of everyday life; video materials documenting the liquidation of the consequences of the Chornobyl NPP accident; liquidators describe the sequence of events, their duties during the response, and the process of covering the destroyed reactor; contemporary views of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone and the ruins of Pripyat.

Comments: liquidators of the Chornobyl NPP accident of Category II Yuriy Selivanov, Ihor Talko, Zinaida Navrotska.

Host — Natalia Petruk.

Reference: The liquidators of the Chornobyl accident include military personnel, state employees, and civilian specialists involved in mitigating the consequences of the 1986 explosion within the Exclusion Zone. Category I comprises individuals who worked directly near the destroyed reactor in 1986–1987 and received the highest radiation doses. Category II includes participants responsible for decontamination, construction of protective structures, evacuation of the population, and infrastructure restoration during a later period or in areas with lower radiation levels.