Elena Grossman
CHERNOBIL. Basement of the medical unit -126

© Elena Grossman, 2019

ISBN 978-5-0050-5973-4

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The basement of the medical unit met us, oppressive atmosphere. Light blue paint was peeling on the walls, and opal on the floor of the concrete stairs. On the bottom floor, the stairs obscure a transparent brown mass, which has long been frozen. In some places the ceramic plates fell off the wall. We carefully climbed down, holding onto a sturdy wooden crossbar of the railing. On the floor lay the decayed clothes, firefighters and personnel of the ChNPP. As shown by the dosimeter-radiometer “Terra-p”, the background radiation is quite high. I looked at Hera and said,