The world's worst nuclear power plant accident occurred at Chernobyl, Ukraine, on 26 April 1986 at 01.23 local time, believed to have been caused by operator error and flaws in the design of the RBKM type reactors. It had global consequences. Huge quantities of various radioactive materials were released into the environment. The worst thing is that, during the Soviet era, all information about the accident and its extent was concealed. Officially, 56 people were said to have died. Around 130 000 people were evacuated from the city and the surrounding area after the accident. Various estimates put the death toll from the disaster at 10 000, with a further 3.5 million ill. The undamaged units of the Chernobyl plant continued to produce electricity for 14 years until 2000.
Vladimir Gubarev of the USSR Union of Journalists was dispatched from Moscow to the scene on the first day after the disaster. He was given the task of writing a piece on this unprecedented event. The journalist chose the genre of tragedy.
The work takes place, at the author's will, in a department of the Experimental Institute of Radiation Protection. It is the first time that the staff working there are confronted with a nuclear reactor explosion. For some it is simply unbearable. The viewer will have the opportunity to see how the event is viewed by the eight victims brought to the institute after the nuclear disaster, as well as by one special patient.
Theatre "Life is Beautiful!" pays tribute to Visaginas - the city of atomic workers. After all, the IAE plant had the same reactor as Chernobyl. The world's most powerful RBMK type reactor. By the way, the processes of closing down our nuclear power plant and building a repository for radioactive waste are also unprecedented.
