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Former Chernobyl liquidators return to nuclear site four decades later

Channel
Associated Press
Published
April 24, 2026
BS Rank
84.2% percentile (1,133 of 7,171)
BS Score
86.29%
Analysis source
gemini

A group of former cleanup workers who returned to Chernobyl ahead of the 40th anniversary of the 1986 nuclear disaster, revisited a nearby site where they once worked to help contain the world’s worst nuclear accident. The workers were known as “liquidators” - an ominous Soviet-era catchall term for those assigned to eliminate a problem (AP video shot by: Vasilisa Stepanenko). Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

A group of former cleanup workers who returned to Chernobyl ahead of the 40th anniversary of the 1986 nuclear disaster, revisited a nearby site where they once worked to help contain the world’s worst nuclear accident. The workers were known as “liquidators” - an ominous Soviet-era catchall term for those assigned to eliminate a problem (AP video shot by: Vasilisa Stepanenko).

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