What an interesting journey; thanks for sharing. It must have been quite an experience. Although I must confess that I don't think I would dare to visit Chernobyl even today.
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What an interesting journey; thanks for sharing. It must have been quite an experience. Although I must confess that I don't think I would dare to visit Chernobyl even today.
Thank you for reading! It was quite an experience indeed! 😅
I would not recommend anyone going there, it is still a dangerous place to visit. Probably for many decades to come. Although a short visit is comparable with a transatlantic flight in regards to gamma (x-ray) radiation.
The biggest and most underestimated risk is in alpha and beta radiation, and in strontium-90 particles. Alpha is like al layer of particles on top of everything, like dust and beta is accumulated inside organic tissue like plans, mushrooms, animals and also old trucks and other metal objects. Strontium-90 is everywhere and very toxic. Ukraine government stopped measuring it in 2013, I guess to cover its risk in general.
**One should know about those dangers and decide upon their knowledge about radiation to go or not.
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Today's bus tours visiting the area are pretty safe in my opinion. They avoid heavily contaminated areas as the "red forest" and places with a high accumulation of radioactive particles. And since the reactor is shielded with a new sarcophagus the amount of gammy radiation has dropped to acceptable levels for a short visit.
I am not encouraging anyone to to take risks. Read about it, judge for yourself and base your decision on your own research.
Cheers,
Thijs
As interesting as I find the experience, I'm sure it's not for me. I would rather not visit a few places in the world, and Chernobyl is among them. I guess we are all different in terms of risk tolerance or what we prefer to take risks, and for me, exposing myself to radiation is not one of them. And if I had any doubts, the images of the HBO series on Chernobyl dispelled them completely. Anyway, thank you for all the information regarding the dangers involved in a visit there.
But it still seems to be a great adventure that you went there and even more in the time when you visited it when it had not yet become a "tourist" destination.
So thanks again for sharing your experience. Cheers!
Remember heard on documentary something about few families/people that live there. If I'm not wrong... they refuse to got out or they went back after.
That’s correct, the area is quiet big and several small villages are there. Some people still live there. They eat from the land and drink the water. They seem to be fine. Also a lot of animals and wildlife, like wolfs and wild horses, live there. The absence of men gives them a lot of freedom and the radiation does not seem to harm them…