Chernobyl

Chernobyl

from the doomed Reaktor #4 to the abandoned city of Pripyat
Chernobyl - from the doomed Reaktor #4 to the abandoned city of Pripyat

Location: 

Chornobyl, Kyivs'ka oblast, Ukraine

Duration: 

Friday, October 9, 2015

Journey: 

The Soviet heritage

personal highlights

  1. Chernobyl: still inhabited city nearby for clean up workers
  2. Reaktor #4: site of the worlds largest nuclear desaster in 1986
  3. Power Plant: other reaktors continued operation until 1996!
  4. Pripyat: abandoned city only built for the power plant in 1970
  5. Sarcophagus: soon, Reaktor #4 will disappear under a shell

image sources

  1. Reaktor #4 @ Chernobyl
  2. Hopefully empty barrels
  3. Class Room @ Pripyat
  4. Town Sign @ Chernobyl 
  5. Fairground @ Pripyat

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