Reactor 3 Roof Clean Up

Liquidators clean the roof of the no.

Reactor 3 roof clean up.

Liquidators clean the roof of reactor 3 chernobyl. Surviving liquidators are qualified for significant social benefits due to their veteran. Their job was to scoop up the radioactive graphite chunks up and throw them over the side and i think they were told not to look over the edge at the pile of. The chernobyl liquidators were the civil and military personnel who were called upon to deal with consequences of the 1986 chernobyl nuclear disaster in the soviet union on the site of the event.

3 three men were ordered to secure a flag to the top the chimney overlooking the destroyed reactor. The severe damage to unit 3 has in the end made it easier to clean up than the other two reactors. Approximately 5 000 of them got the assignment to get on the roof of the reactor to clean up the radioactive debris. Following orders issued by soviet authorities to mark the end of cleanup operations on the roof of reactor no.

A rumour had it that the very last leg of the assignment was going on the roof of the reactor to clean up as much debris as possible. At first workers tried clearing the radioactive debris from the roof using west german japanese and russian robots but the machines could not cope with the extreme radiation levels so authorities decided to use humans. Reached by climbing 78 meters up a spiral staircase. Posted by 5 years ago.

Liquidators clean the roof of reactor 3 chernobyl. The liquidators are widely credited with limiting both the immediate and long term damage from the disaster. Due to the unprecedented levels of radiation their task was limited to 90 seconds.