Gauging the level of contamination

COMM ARCHIVE UNIAN A representative of a foreign Embassy measures a radiation level near Lenin’s monument at the central square in the deserted town Prypyat, April 24, 1999. Chornobyl reactor exploded nearly 20 years in the world's worst ever nuclear accident. Ukraine is preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of this disaster on April, 26, 2006. Photo by Viktor Pobedinsky / UNIAN