On 26th April 1986 the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Northern Ukraine (former Soviet Union) became the scene of the worst manmade disaster in the history of mankind. An explosion at the plant was the result of a poorly designed experiment on reactor unit 4 conducted by inadequately trained personnel. The accident and the fire that followed released massive amounts of radioactive material into the clouds above Ukraine, that later fell as rain across Europe and as far away as Norway, Wales and Ireland. This released radioactivity was several times larger than the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. During the time of the explosion I was living in North Eastern Poland and I was 5 years old. This tragedy was always in the back of my mind and it made me wonder what effect it had on us. Throughout the years I developed a little obsession with this dark period of history and for years I had held a desire to visit Chernobyl, 32 years after the explosion I finally made it there.
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I've just crossed the border and now I'm going to Chernobyl
I took this route that goes along
the Belarus border but man it's going to be a long way
No, no way I can't get through so I have to turn around
At the moment I'm in this transit zone and I'm not supposed to
stop here but I couldn't help myself so it's kind of freaky you've got a lot of these abandoned houses
I'm not giving up on Chernobyl the only way actually
to see it the exclusion zone is to go on organized tour
Danger, danger
Still safe 24
We're in trouble
Hey don't go
Go to concrete please don't go
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Those hatches protect the detector from beta particles yes and check them all
Normal is 0.020
20 is normal that was 2800
Oh my goodness
And this is?
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Because usually catfish is heard a noise
Apparently there's one meter long fish here but we can't see it
Unfortunately all radioactive
This Luna Park has never been used it was just built before the explosion
What a waste
So this is where it all happened but it's been covered by concrete and then steel so it's pretty
safe I mean my radar is showing 1.21 which is not too bad
This is my souvenir from Chernobyl
Radioactive beer
Nice
Hey
