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Revitalization of the Chernobyl zone

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43 pointsUncle_Sam16 comments

What is with all the insanely propagandic diagrams and drawings? Random "death" and "happy" symbols? Horses frolicking next to a monorail? You are cracking me up.

Why would you go to a radiation zone willingly. I thought the levels were still pretty high.

They're too high to live in (for human standards) and far too high to cultivate food in.

However, for a week visit you're likely to have no more exposure than a chest x-ray. Also the measures they're proposing would certainly help. It sounds like the 'tourist' portion where you're outside exploring you're likely wearing something akin to disposable scrubs to mitigate the radiation inside the buildings (where you're likely to spend 1/2 your time anyway).

I went there last year on a tourist trip - walking around the exclusion zone and through the abandoned buildings was an amazing experience and I'd recommend it to anyone.

I've always really wanted to go. I'm quite familiar with the accident and thought it would be a great place to be a complete hermit :)

It's extremely peaceful and quiet there, so you'd probably be quite happy.

In all honesty, one can rate most radiation sources as 'pack of cigarettes per time'.

A lot of Cherynobyl is pack a week. Closer areas is pack a day. Some of the hot areas are pack an hour. And you stay the hell out of the pack a minute areas.

All you need is a good Geiger counter.

for anyone interesting in the pretty fascinating story of how the threat posed by the abandoned chernobyl plant is being ignored, i recommend the documentary 'chernobyl 4 ever'[1]. it even features parts of the stalker videogame :)

Even thought it's dated, "Inside Chernobyl's Sarcophagus" is still excellent in the former regard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otFQcmE3G5s

Thank you for linking this. Watching Soviet scientists scramble over a jumble of fuel rods, concrete and graphite blocks in their desperate attempt to figure out where all the fuel had disappeared to is both fascinating and deeply scary. As one person in the video says, it's a job they had to do, no matter the cost.

There's a film maker who went straight in without protection 'Chernobyl The Lost Film': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkjAAzkrXSA

Then again, so did many other people there as you can see.

The Battle Of Chernobyl is also well worth watching : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdMLFJJyWnM

Any good reads on that subject?

This looks incredible. Sadly it also looks like it would cost crazy money. If you have the money to create this, you don't need this to pay you taxes.

It's like a dystopian Epcot Center. With gambling too

What's "Casino city"? Why are there dice in the diagram, and why does the tourist silhouette look like a large gorilla?

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