Equipment that participated in the liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident (20 photos)

This post will show us the equipment used to eliminate the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. In addition to ordinary cars, other equipment of various types was also involved in the liquidation, including advanced foreign ones, which we will get acquainted with later.

The first photos after the disaster. They were taken by the famous photographer of the Zone Igor Kostin. Forbidden zone, Exclusion Zone. You can't go any further. In this case, the OZK is worn like a jumpsuit; we trained in BJD classes and tried to put it on for a while. It was fun when you didn’t know what was sticking out behind you.

Cemetery of equipment and things Buryakovka. Burial of cars. Don’t be surprised by the water, sometimes worse things have happened. In the background are preparations for the burial of medical RAF 22031. I want to say that it is 22031, and not 22038, which appeared a couple of years later.

The liquidators' machine. This *troika*, like many cars in the Zone, was subjected to severe derban. Spare parts are in short supply, so why waste them? Fonit? And to hell with him! They just couldn’t understand that others would also suffer...

Remote controlled equipment. Komatsu (Japan), near power unit 4. Preparations for clearing the territory near the block.

"Roof cats" Young soldiers, still very young, twenty years old, will soon climb onto the roof in order to “bask” under the generous Chernobyl Sun, get a nuclear tan and sterilize their, ahem. The weight could reach up to 20(!) kg! Lead aprons, lead sheets, protective bandage, glasses, cap, helmet, face shield and back of the head, *egg basket* made of the same sheet lead, pea coat and tarpaulin boots with lead insoles. And in less than a minute, pick up a piece of garbage with a shovel, go to the collapse and throw it. And everyone run, run! 3,828 people passed through the roof. 3828 broken human lives. 3828 unnamed heroes. And it's official. They protected us, who are now living from nuclear pollution, and they were forgotten... A low bow to them and a huge human thank you for their feat. Superheroes in real life, not in comic books.

Almost completed "Shelter" object. And private transport for liquidators at the industrial site. I don’t think it’s worth saying what happened to the “kopeck” later?

Ship Graveyard. With their help, materials and parts of the Sarcophagus structures were brought to the industrial site, and the liquidators themselves lived in floating hotels. And then most of these ships were drained! The infamous Bulgaria is from there. But the fate of all those watercraft is foggy and unusual. They all sank.

Rassokha. Doesn't exist now. One of the iron heroes who helped in eliminating the consequences. I want to repeat that ALL the equipment that was on the settling tank was melted down. Previously, yes, playful little hands carried away what they could. Someone supertima said that the BRDM from there was not melted down, but sold. Lin, this can't be true! No one will definitely buy such equipment now, especially if it is so dismantled. Yes, still phoning. Yes, they melted it down, legally or not, everyone cared about the same place when they did it. What kind of nonsense do people sometimes talk about, honestly.

Soviet space robot explorers STR-1. Used to clean the station roof from radioactive debris and debris. In the photo: specialists from the *Jupiter* plant (Chernobyl) prepare robots for work.

Mogilev MoAZ scrapers also took part. With their help, they dug burial grounds on Buryakovka and removed the contaminated top layer of soil. They made their invaluable contribution to the liquidation, even if they remained with those others.

Robot on the roof of power unit 3 of the station. The filling burned stupidly from the level of radiation that was there. And under the Sarcophagus there is also a rather serious level of radiation now! They inspect, but the doses they receive are very large. If you stay there long enough, you can catch radiation, or you can lose your life. Sometimes robots fell from the roof. They used both imported and Soviet robots, but they still couldn’t stand it. They worked until the last hope died in both senses of the word. The German robot *Joker* drove only 4 blocks across the roof and got stuck. By the time he was rescued, the filling had already burned. A very difficult decision was made to release people onto the roof to clean the roof...

Digging under block 4 to create a freezer, as originally intended. The reactor managed to cool down and the entire tunnel was filled with concrete, thereby creating an additional foundation. The work of miners from all over the Soviet country was enormous and invaluable. Radiation levels there were far from within normal limits, and the working conditions were simply hellish. Without fresh air, in a cramped space, with a shovel at the ready and bent over.

To be honest, I was a little surprised by the presence of such a car as the Nysa 522 in the Zone. But the fact is a fact - this Polish car with Gorky roots is in front of you.

Sovatorance also purchased imported equipment for itself. What is also unusual is that there is a Mercedes truck tractor in the Zone... Its role is still not clear. Well, what did he carry, yes, but what exactly, no.

Yanov station. Trains. Workers who, along with others, carried the necessary materials to the destroyed station.

TEM2-6063

After the accident, there was a threat of underwater currents entering and contaminating drinking water. To prevent this, a biological wall made of cast concrete was created, which separated the pool from possible water contamination. The depth is approximately 10 meters. Cast concrete.

Cassagrande grabs were used for this operation. They made a narrow passage in the zemdeya, which they then filled in. Maybe *drill*, maybe dig up. Almost everything is possible.

I don’t know why the city of Korosten is written on the bumper; probably the driver of this unique Kremenchug hero is from there.

Recent work on the construction of the Sarcophagus. KrAZ lays out slabs, which will then be asphalted; there is already a fence made of the same slabs. Concrete pumps are filling the last gaps and will soon be sent for disposal.