Lowo utyikitye apha ngezantsi wayeneminyaka eli-10 ubudala ngo-Epreli 26, 1986. Lo ngumhla wesiphelo apho umhlaba wawukhangele kwintlekele ethile yenyukliya. Kwaye into ehlekisayo kukuba ibingelilo ibhombu elisongelayo ukulidla ilizwe kwiMfazwe Yomlomo eqhubeka isoyikisa emva kweMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi.
Ukusukela ngala mini iChernobyl ibandakanyiwe kwisichazi-magama sesono kwaye nanamhlanje, ukusondela kuyo ngeengxelo okanye iividiyo ezijikeleza kwi-intanethi malunga nendawo enkulu yokukhutshelwa kuyothusa. Imalunga neekhilomitha ezingama-30 zommandla ofileyo. Nangona ukuzimisela "ofileyo" kungenakuba yinto exakayo. Ubomi ngaphandle kokuthomalalisa buhleli kwizithuba ebezihleli ngaphambili abantu. Kwiminyaka engaphezulu kwama-30 ukusukela kule ntlekele, uhlaza luphumelele ikhonkrithi kwaye izilwanyana zasendle zasekhaya ziyaziwa kweyona ndawo ikhuselekileyo yakha yaziwa. Ewe kunjalo, ukubonakaliswa kwimitha yelitha efihlakeleyo akunakuba kukhuselekile ebomini, kodwa ukungazi nto kwezilwanyana kuluncedo apha ngokuchasene nokwanda kokufa.
Okona kubi kwezo ntsuku emva kwentlekele ngokungathandabuzekiyo yayikukusebenzelana nemimoya. ISoviet Ukraine ayizange inike umfanekiso opheleleyo wentlekele. Kwaye phakathi kwabemi ababehlala kwindalo esingqongileyo basasaza imvakalelo yokulahlwa ejongene kakuhle nokubonisa uthotho lwe-HBO lwangoku kumsitho.
Ngenxa yokutsala okukhulu kolu ngcelele, ayikhathazi ukubuyisa incwadi elungileyo egcwalisa olu hlaziyo lonakeleyo kwihlabathi liphela. Kwaye le ncwadi yenye yezo meko apho ukukhanya kuyiminyaka elula ukusuka kwiintsomi. Ngenxa yokuba amabali abantu ekwenziwa udliwano-ndlebe nabo, benza ubungqina beentsuku ezimbalwa ezibonakala zinqunyanyisiwe kwilimbo lokuzibandakanya ngamanye amaxesha eligubungela ubukho bethu, zenza loo nto yomlingo. Kwenzeka ntoni eChernobyl yile nto ithethwa ngala mazwi. Esi siganeko sibangelwe nangasiphi na isizathu, kodwa inyaniso kukuqokelelwa kweziphumo ezichazwe ngabalinganiswa kule ncwadi, nangabanye abaninzi abangasenalo ilizwi.
I-naivety apho imicimbi bajongana nayo ngabemi abathile ababezithemba kwiinguqulelo ezisemthethweni iyaphazamisa. Ukufunyanwa kwenyani kuyathakazelisa kwaye kuyothusa iziphumo zalowo uphantsi komhlaba wenuclei eqokelelweyo eqhume ukutshintsha ubuso balo mmandla kumashumi eminyaka ezayo. Incwadi apho sifumanisa iziphelo ezibi zabanye abahlali bakhohliswa kwaye babhenceka kwizifo nasekufeni.
Ngoku ungathenga incwadi yeeVoices of Chernobyl, incwadi enomdla ebhalwe nguSvetlana Aleksievich, apha:
Enkosi ngengcebiso, ndiza kuyikhangela le ncwadi. Okwangoku ndibukele uthotho kwaye ndiyamangaliswa kukungabikho kwamandla apho umntu anokuya kufihla umcimbi onobuzaza.
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