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He was on duty the night the Chernobyl reactor exploded and chose to confront radiation rather than flee.
Published Apr 25, 2026, 1:33 AM EDT | WFMZZ
Nikolay Solovyov was on shift the night of April 26, 1986 when the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. Instead of fleeing, he chose to fight what he later called his "first war" against radiation.
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