Chernobyl 2006

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Video from time I spent around the still radioactive Chernobyl, the reactor and the abandoned town of Pripyat.

for answers to the usual "isn't this absurdly dangerous?" types of questions and how you can get there yourself, check out my FAQ
More pics and video from Chernobyl is at
Test results from the contamination scan i had afterwards:


POLISH TRANSLATION:

(Thanks to dexter192 for the translation)

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Uploaded: November 14, 2006 at 7:05 am
Author: CarlMontgomery

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numbing numbered numerous Comments:
IdunCareLesSn00b (December 1, 2008 at 11:36 am)
No it couldnt.All reactors now can be shut down and be sealed off from the outside world.Even if they explode the radiation cant get out.This reactor and facility was dangerous from the start.
valdez4488 (December 1, 2008 at 10:06 am)
charnobyl could to by anywhere where it is nuclear power station even in usa europe etc good luck
mkarnerfors (November 29, 2008 at 8:45 pm)
Gamma radiation is photons. Electromagnetic radiation, just like light and radio waves, but with much higher energy per photon. With this much energy, these photons can pass right through you. If they hit anything, like a DNA strand, that energy can be enough to break apart chemical bonds. This means the DNA breaks. If that happens too many times in a single cell, the DNA repair system in the cell cannot put the DNA strands together correctly any more, and the cell dies, or develops into cancer.
GSBELKA (November 29, 2008 at 9:56 am)
lol huge russian accent :P
marklosextremus (November 30, 2008 at 4:17 am)
not in russia
filanepaprike (November 29, 2008 at 2:10 am)
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ma boli mene kurac !
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WCarnation (November 28, 2008 at 6:11 am)
I hope when I am much older, the radioactivity of the Zone of Alienation dies down enough to do extensive and deep visits of the areas. I find it all very interesting, but seeing places such as the interior of the Power Plant would be deadly today.
mkarnerfors (November 29, 2008 at 8:37 pm)
People *worked* at the plant for many years after the accident. Ok, so you can't go playing inside the sarcophagus but the other three units were decontaminated enough to work inside.

Check out the video "Seconds from disaster: chernobyl". They interviewed the pump operator inside the control room where he was that night.
WCarnation (November 28, 2008 at 6:07 am)
Consider the word Radiation - Radiates, like the sun. That energy can be absorbed, like plants absorb light from the sun. The sun's heat is a kind of radiation, I think actually. But in this case, it's nuclear energy. Nuclear energy is incredibly strong (it makes bombs). Your body absorbs that strong energy, which is also bombarding and potentially damaging your DNA and other proteins. That damage leads to missing places, which leads to mutation (developed apart from usual human configuration).
dittouk (November 28, 2008 at 5:05 am)
Chernobyl porn is the best