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Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster |
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26 April 1986, reactor # 4 at the Chernobyl (Chornobyl) Nuclear Power Station, 100 km north
from Kiev, blew up during a routine daily operation. Nearly nine tons of
radioactive material - 90 times as much as the Hiroshima bomb - were hurled into
the sky. Winds over the following days, mostly blowing north and west, carried,
fallout into Belarus, as well as Russia, Poland and the Baltic region.
The radioactive fallout affected 23% of Belarus, with 4,8% of Ukrainian territory and 0,5% of
Russian land exposed. About 135,00 people were evacuated from a 30-km radius
around the plant, with the peripheral areas remaining at a high risk of
radioactive exposure.
The reactor was enclosed in a concrete-and-steel sarcophagus. Over the following
years about 600,000 people known as "the liquidators" worked on
clean-up operations inside the 30-km zone.
Although scientists agree that there is no risk of the sarcophagus exploding,
the status of the estimated 180 tons of radioactive material
trapped inside the nuclear power plant is still unclear.
If you are interested in a day tour to the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster,
please read on.
Tour Schedule:
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Duration of the Chernobyl tour: 1 day - leaving Kyiv in the morning
and returning to Kyiv in the evening. Optional visiting the Chornobyl Museum in Kiev
- the day before.
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Kiev - Chornobyl. Passing Dytyatky, at the border of
the 30-km Chornobyl zone. Change of transport.
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Arrival at the town of Chernobyl. Meeting with the
authorities of "Chernobyl Iinterinform"
agency.
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Transfer to the village of Leliyov. Change of the clothes and
footwear. Passing the 10-km zone border.
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Transfer to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station and
sightseeing of Reactor 4.
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Visit to Pripyat. Sightseeing of "The Dead Town".
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Stop nearby the "Red Forest".
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Return to Chernobyl. Lunch. (Food is delivered from outside
of the Chernobyl zone.)
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Visit to the Chernobyl Scientific Center: physical and radiochemical
laboratories, other.
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Visiting the Opachychi village, meeting with "re-settlers",
people who have moved back to their villages after evacuation.
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Passage to the village of Rossokha, a cemetery of military
machineries (currently not available).
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Passage through the Dytyatky Control Point. Measuring of
radiation.
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Change of the transport. Return to Kiev.
FYI:
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The tour participant is provided with special
clothes and footwear, and respiration masks.
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On entering and leaving the 30-kilometer zone, the
participant undergoes a radioactivity testing and is
given an official computer-generated printout.
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For the time of the tour, the participants is given
an individual radiation dosimeter; personal dosimeters are also allowed.
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Taking pictures and shooting video during the tour IS
permitted.
Chernobyl Tour Pricing:
- 1 visitor: $475
- 2 visitors: $255/ea
- 3 - 4: $205/ea
- 5 - 9: $175/ea
- 10-15: $125/ea
- 15 + :
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Or join others (and save) on the following days:
- in April:
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- in May:
31st
(Sat)
- in June: 15th (Sun)
- in July: 24th
(Thu)
- in August: 6th
(Wed)
You can also use the same form for any information inquiries related to
the Chernobyl trip.
チェルノブイリ, チェルノブイリ旅行, 切爾諾培爾, 切尔诺贝利游览,
切爾諾貝利遊覽, 체르노빌 투어, de reis van Tsjernobyl, excursion de Tchernobyl, viaje de Chernóbil, Tschornobyl Ausflug, Tjernobyl turnerar,
excursão de Chernobyl.
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