Kostia Nekharasova playing in front of the TV at home. Kostya has Down Syndrome, is sick often and had to have his fingers separated through surgery. His sister Natalya had a brain tumor when she was 8 years old. Their mother Ludmilla swam in Techa River when she was young, the village was contaminated by the explosion in 1957. Bashakul is only 20 kilometers from Mayak.