Thursday, 27 March 2025
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“They Buried Him Barefoot”: The tragic death of Chernobyl firefighter Vasily Ignatenko


Even after more than three decades, the death toll of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster is still wildly disputed.
According to Newsweek, the wafting clouds of radioactive material over Ukraine, Belarus, and even as far as Sweden, killed 4,000 people. That’s what U.N. agencies found, at least. Others estimate deaths in the hundreds of thousands.
Despite the fact that a universally agreed upon figure is nonexistent, Chernobyl was one of the most historic disasters of the 20th century.
The trouble started when the facility’s RBMK Reactor No. 4 experienced an unexpected surge of power, exploded, and blew the roof off. The open-air graphite fires …read more

Source:: Protothema

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