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30.3.2010


Tour in September
3.5.2010

Are you bored with sea and "classic" trips? Let’s try something extraordinary! Unforgettable tour to Chernobyl takes place in September - on 18.-19.9.2010 (weekend, of course). Only €250 will get you special experience, gorgeous pictures and original memories. Try what just few have tried before. Sign up or ask any questions: info@chernobylwel.com

Join the Chernobyl tour in March
10.2.2010

Memorable two day trip to Chernobyl zone takes place on 13.-14.3.2010 (weekend). Extra places to see, experienced guides and gorgeous pictures! Only € 199/person, group discounts available. Feel free to sign up or to ask more about the trip on info@chernobylwel.com

Valentines Day 2010 in Chernobyl
16.11.2009

Paris, Venezia, Prague...booooring! Spend a wonderful and romantic weekend in Chernobyl zone. Visit all the most excited place of Eastern Europe with an incredible atmosphere. The experience you and your lover will never forget. There is a huge program for single as well. Only for 200 €/person. Couples 350 €/couple :-)!!! Sign up without engagement here.

The only two reasons not to go:
1.) Radioactivity
2.) Pandemic flu
The tour is starting in Kiev. In the bus and zone you will meet only people from the group and checked guides. You can still wear mask to cover your nose and mouth. Read more about the situation here.

Fix the sarcophagus
2.7.2009

Greenpeace said the sarcophagus of Chernobyl nuclear plant needs to be fixed immediately The Greenpeace of Russia is warning the Ukraine to fix the old sarcophagus of Chernobyl which was meant to be in use just till 2006. Greenpeace said it is full of holes through which can the radiation leak out and contaminate the close environment of the power plant. The old sarcophagus had to be covered by a new one which has to last for 100 years. There is still a gathering of funds for the new sarcophagus. "It needs to be put up soon otherwise we can witness various aftermaths", said the leader of the energy sector of Russian Greenpeace Vladimir Chuprov. Ukrainian government is refusing Greenpeace exaggeration of the situation. According to Intefax Ukrainian bodies are non-stop monitoring any danger that might arise from the sarcophagus. The people visiting and working in the zone are not in danger.

Chernobyl zone map


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Curiosities

Secret report by KGB from the construction of the power plant (1977):

During the construction of Chernobyl nuclear power plant, systematic violation of construction works and technologies was observed. Junk material discarded from several other plants and factories is being used here. In most of the works, falling behind the schedule was observed as well.

Secret report by KGB from 1986 (before the disaster):

In the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, several cracks were reported on the cowling of energy units no. 4 and 3. The armored concrete walls are exposed to a temperature reaching 160 degrees Celsius at which the concrete is loosing its properties. According to the project specifications, the temperature may not exceed 90 degrees Celsius.

Secret report by KGB from 26 April 1986 (day of the disaster):

After the explosion in the energy unit no. 4, the roof of reactor and machinery room broke down. The cooling system, reactor active zone, and reactor rooms are completely damaged. The roof of unit no. 3 was set on fire. The roof of the administrative building was pierced by flying pieces of graphite, concrete and steel fragments.

At the time of the explosion in energy unit no. 4, 17 workers were present there, 10 of them are in the hospital with ambustions, 3 are in critical condition, 1 is dead. Besides that, 112 workers from the plant are being monitored. The operator general Hodemchuk is being missed (left in the reactor).

Memories from a Pripyat inhabitant:

We woke up in the night as we heard an explosion. But we went back to bed as nobody told us about the disaster at the power plant. In the morning we went, as usual, to work. Just the next day the officials told us to pack some basic things and prepare for evacuation.

Memories of one of the liquidator:

In the summer and autumn of 1986, mass killing of kettle, poultry, dogs, etc. took place. As the scientist said - it was terrible but inevitable security action. They had here a spermic bull, by the soldiers called Uran. Uran took some heifers and run away. Soldiers could not find them for months. After the scientists find Uran alive, they decided to leave it in the Chernobyl zone as an experiment. After several years Uran appeared again. But his herd was three times larger than before. The radiation did not affect the spermic bull at all.

gRAPHIC by MARCELINO 2009
programmed by daniel.pribula