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Our Journey to Chernobyl
... and a bus station! Everywhere is a mess, not from the original residents but from the many people who came through in the 90's and plundered what they could. We then entered the 10km exclusion zone and saw reactors 1, 2, 3 and4 as well as the new sarcophagus currently being built. The accident occurred 26th April 1986 in the early early hours of the morning when, due to several coincidences, an experiment went awry. Fire fighters were first at the ...
In the shadow of Chernobyl
... increase in fuel temperature and steam pressure leading to a reactor explosion. The 2000-tonne cap was blown off the top of the reactor, sending a plume of highly radioactive steam and nuclear fuel debris into the atmosphere.
The first firemen on the scene tried to keep the resultant fire spreading to adjacent buildings. Unaware the reactor had been breached, many received massive radiation doses and died in the following days from appalling injuries. ...
Up and Atom Fallout Boy!
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... the abandoned Five Star Policia Hotel and the city's athletics and recreation center. The rain and dampness of the day gave an eeriness to the site. It was humbling to see a city, that was once the crown jewel of Ukraine, revert back to nature after only twenty years. The trees and plants that once lined the boulevards, now had completely taken over the town, breaking through the concrete and asphalt.
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Apocalypse Wow!
... was sealed in a concrete sarcophagus, which has sealed off the reactions inside for 25 years from the outside world. Although the leaked radiation killed forests, poisoned rivers, and continues to make living in the area toxic, scientists can only speculate what chemical processes are going on in side the sarcophagus. Some believe that entirely new, undiscovered elements may have developed.
Thousands of Ukrainian ...
Chernobyl
... given that the complex can feed up to 500 people at a time.
Once lunch was over we went to feed th giant catfish in the cooling water lake. They really do live up to expectations - some would have been close to 2 metres in length. Craziness!
Finally it was time to head home - we chatted with our guide during the trip home about the sight, and life in Ukraine in general. All in all it was a very interesting day.
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