Josef Kutěj

"The Chernobyl explosion was the sloppy of the power plant crew, where, of course, since I worked in the same field, my colleagues and I often thought about it. Measurements were recorded in Ostrava as such and here in Europe, which certainly affected the environment, but not as healthily as in the immediate vicinity. At the time, I did not base it on my own experience, but it was generally recommended not to collect mushrooms. This means that the mushrooms as such absorbed radiation at the time of the fresh season after the explosion, so it was not recommended to collect, walk in the forest and pick mushroom for a certain time. But I couldn't say that it would affect the environment right here in Ostrava. But in any case, the measurements, which were published later, show that the radiation levels were higher here in this area as well."

"In 1968, I was chosen and sent to study in Bratislava, where I studied welding, where I then obtained a license as a welding engineer. It was interesting that when I went to Bratislava, it was a foreign city for me and I went there on August 22nd. That is, the train was twelve hours late, Bratislava was besieged by the Russian army at the time. And I walked in a foreign city along the tracks to the place where I had to the Research Institute in Bratislava. At that time, it was the center or the highest body in Czechoslovakia in the field of welding."