Posted on 06/08/2019 8:51:58 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Chernobyl, site of the world's deadliest nuclear accident, is now a surprisingly popular tourist destination.
Ukrainian officials opened the area to tourists nearly a decade ago, declaring that visits were safe, though tours would be strictly regulated.
When the Chernobyl reactor exploded, it released deadly levels of radiation, but radioactive fallout wasn't distributed evenly across the surrounding area, due to weather conditions and changing winds. Locations that were farther away from the reactor became radioactive hotspots, "and there were villages that were reasonably close to the plant that didn't get much contamination," …
Even within villages, radiation was unequally distributed and could vary from street to street...
An average one-day visit to Chernobyl begins and ends with passage through an official checkpoint for dosimetry control, or radiation measurement, and there is an additional radiation checkpoint midway through the tour...
Visitors may not touch any structures or plants or remove anything from the zone, and they are prohibited from sitting or placing any camera equipment on the ground...
An estimated 60,000 tourists visited Chernobyl in 2018, Anton Taranenko, the chief of the Tourism and Promotion Department of the Kiev City State Administration, recently said at a news briefing; of all the most popular tourist destinations in Ukraine, "Chernobyl zone is the leader,"...
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That guy has some great videos, love them, though I have only watched a few so far.
Of course. Just ask Marty Feldman!
A question almost as relevant as "Is it safe to walk on the sun?"
The radiation won’t kill you, as the thriving wildlife in the area will attest, but the wolves have lost their fear of people in the 10 generations since the accident.
Speaking of which...
"Citizen X (1995)- Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed over 50 victims, mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a Communist state, the police investigations were hampered by bureaucracy, incompetence and those in power. The story is told from the viewpoint of the detective in charge of the case."
An excellent movie.
The relevance is the Soviet bureaucracy and their refusal to accept that 1. A serial killer could exist in the USSR... and 2. The killer is a Communist Party Member.
Meanwhile, people keep dying.
"8 years. 52 victims. 1 killer." HBO Films
The Soviets were really just Democrats. Seriously.
Sky,sister of Fox made the series which HBO picked up. Wonder if they can get both UK and US awards for the series.
I recognize the young boy who was conscripted to shoot the animals as the same boy in Dunkirk,who went with the father and son to rescue the troops.
Game of Thrones initially had me stop watching in the first episode where they killed the dog. The Chernobyl action was sickening, too. I evidently like dogs more than people.
It’s safer than visiting Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.
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