The son of one of the "liquidators" of Chernobyl: "Almost all my father's comrades died there"

After the explosion of the Chernobyl No. 4 reactor, the government convened about 600,000 Soviets for decontamination operations in the region. These men and women, known as "liquidators", strove to minimize the consequences of the disaster without knowing the hell that awaited them. Many of them died years later, product of radiation-related diseases.

Nelson Castro, Correspondent TNwent to Ukraine to visit the ghost town of Pripyat and interrogated the son of one of the "liquidators", who worked alongside the USSR army in the area of the explosion. According to the young man, his father was responsible for the construction of the "sarcophagus" which houses the fourth reactor of the nuclear power plant, which exploded during a routine test.

"My father is still alive and now works as a builder in Europe, but almost all his colleagues died after ChernobylAccording to WHO, the total number of deaths attributed to radiation is estimated at about 4,000.

The teams of "liquidators" who took care to minimize the consequences of the disaster of April 26, 1986 were mainly composed of firefighters, workers, scientists and specialists in the nuclear industry. Those who managed to survive were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union by the government.

"We are a new generation who has more information about what happened and we can have an objective look at the facts." For us, the Chernobyl explosion it was a mix of reality and fiction", said the young man during a dialogue with Nelson Castro.This was an important event that is being taken into account now and we feel free to talk about it." , he added.