• Ukraine to open Chernobyl area to tourists in 2011
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[quote]KIEV, Ukraine – Want a better understanding of the world's worst nuclear disaster? Come tour the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Beginning next year, Ukraine plans to open up the sealed zone around the Chernobyl reactor to visitors who wish to learn more about the tragedy that occurred nearly a quarter of a century ago, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Monday. Chernobyl's reactor No. 4 exploded on April 26, 1986, spewing radiation over a large swath of northern Europe. Hundreds of thousands of people were resettled from areas contaminated with radiation fallout in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. Related health problems still persist. The so-called exclusion zone, a highly contaminated area within a 30-mile (48-kilometer) radius of the exploded reactor, was evacuated and sealed off in the aftermath of the explosion. All visits were prohibited. Today, about 2,500 employees maintain the remains of the now-closed nuclear plant, working in shifts to minimize their exposure to radiation. Several hundred evacuees have returned to their villages in the area despite a government ban. A few firms now offer tours to the restricted area, but the government says those tours are illegal and their safety is not guaranteed. Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Yulia Yershova said experts are developing travel routes that will be both medically safe and informative for Ukrainians as well as foreign visitors. She did not give an exact date when the tours were expected to begin. "There are things to see there if one follows the official route and doesn't stray away from the group," Yershova told The Associated Press. "Though it is a very sad story." The United Nations Development Program chief Helen Clark toured the Chernobyl plant together with Baloha on Sunday and said she supported the plan because it could help raise money and tell an important lesson about nuclear safety. "Personally I think there is an opportunity to tell a story here and of course the process of telling a story, even a sad story, is something that is positive in economic terms and positive in conveying very important messages," said Clark, according to her office. The ministry also said Monday it hopes to finish building a new safer shell for the exploded reactor by 2015. The new shelter will cover the original iron-and-concrete structure hastily built over the reactor that has been leaking radiation, cracking and threatening to collapse. The new shell is 345 feet (105 meters) tall, 853 feet (260 meters) wide and 490 feet (150 meters) long. It weighs 20,000 tons and will be slid over the old shelter using rail tracks. The new structure will be big enough to house the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris or the Statue of Liberty in New York. The overall cost of project, financed by international donors, has risen from $505 million (euro380 million) to $1.15 billion (euro870 million) because of stricter safety requirements, according to Ukrainian officials. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which manages the project, said a final estimate of the project's cost will be released after the French-led consortium Novarka finalizes a construction plan in the next few months.[/quote] Source:[url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101213/ap_on_sc/eu_ukraine_chernobyl_tourism[/url] :frogsiren: woot woot [editline]13th December 2010[/editline] fuuuuuuuuuck im late
There's already a thread.
Better bring a Kodac! ...And a Geiger...
really
lmao its the exact same thread title too
Great, STALKER fanboys can satisfy their fetish.
They need to have a STALKER theme park built there.
[QUOTE=General_Xing;26675652]Great, STALKER fanboys can satisfy their fetish.[/QUOTE] yes we all have a fetish and beat off to pictures of ruined apartment buildings in Pripyat.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;26675766]yes we all have a fetish and beat off to pictures of ruined apartment buildings in Pripyat.[/QUOTE] All facepunchers go on about is idiot russians in space suits.
herp derp russia herp derp gas mask herp derp honestly what's so valuable in there you're not going to find anything
[QUOTE=geogzm;26675796]herp derp russia herp derp gas mask herp derp honestly what's so valuable in there you're not going to find anything[/QUOTE] It's cool for urban exploration ect, but most of these fools only want to go because they some strange fetish about soviet union, ak47s and gas masks.
[QUOTE=geogzm;26675796]herp derp russia herp derp gas mask herp derp honestly what's so valuable in there you're not going to find anything[/QUOTE] wow your life is going to be interesting i see with all that wonder and adventure generating from inside you
[QUOTE=General_Xing;26675778]All facepunchers go on about is idiot russians in space suits.[/QUOTE] You won't say that when the scientists finally understand that cosmos is made from 65% communism.
[QUOTE=General_Xing;26675778]All facepunchers go on about is idiot russians in space suits.[/QUOTE] And you fap to porn of reptiles We're about even.
[QUOTE=General_Xing;26675652]Great, STALKER fanboys can satisfy their fetish.[/QUOTE] Don't worry, I'm sure somewhere in the future someone will create an actual Jurassic Park.
[QUOTE=geogzm;26675796]herp derp russia herp derp gas mask herp derp honestly what's so valuable in there you're not going to find anything[/QUOTE] Herp derp, artifacts, herp derp. Oh no, blowout, find cover herp derp
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;26675766]yes we all have a fetish and beat off to pictures of ruined apartment buildings in Pripyat.[/QUOTE] actually [media]http://rule34-images.paheal.net/_images/8b52fdba47f407b0ab5ab30273ebb383/398203%20-%20Bloodsucker%20Crisis%20S.T.A.L.K.E.R..jpg[/media]
[QUOTE=mini me;26676094]wow your life is going to be interesting i see with all that wonder and adventure generating from inside you[/QUOTE] because the only interesting thing in the world is pretending to be comrade fuckface the third
[QUOTE=Araknid;26678788]Herp derp, artifacts, herp derp. Oh no, blowout, find cover herp derp[/QUOTE] Get out of here, stalker.
i thought it was already open
[QUOTE=General_Xing;26676042]It's cool for urban exploration ect, but most of these fools only want to go because they some strange fetish about soviet union, ak47s and gas masks.[/QUOTE] Stop generalizing. People don't want to go there and be like "Herp derd, where art thou artefacts! :downs:" because they played STALKER. I think that they want to go there because there isn't any place like it and STALKER might have just been a spark that started their interest towards Chernobyl. People just make the assumption of Chernobyl =/= STALKER, because STALKER is like a big ass commercial for Chernobyl.
[quote]$505 million (euro380 million) to $1.15 billion (euro870 million)[/quote] Yahoo you dingleberries € is written at the back
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;26678202]And you fap to porn of reptiles We're about even.[/QUOTE] What the fuck are you talking about ? [editline]14th December 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Hullu V3;26686093]Stop generalizing. People don't want to go there and be like "Herp derd, where art thou artefacts! :downs:" because they played STALKER. I think that they want to go there because there isn't any place like it and STALKER might have just been a spark that started their interest towards Chernobyl. People just make the assumption of Chernobyl =/= STALKER, because STALKER is like a big ass commercial for Chernobyl.[/QUOTE] I said most of the people, not all.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;26678202]And you fap to porn of reptiles We're about even.[/QUOTE] He's 10, he's too young to have a fetish yet. It has been confirmed in another thread that he is between 10-12.
[QUOTE=myalt22;26688290]He's 10, he's too young to have a fetish yet. It has been confirmed in another thread that he is between 10-12.[/QUOTE] lol show me the thread
[quote]The new shelter will cover the original iron-and-concrete structure hastily built over the reactor that [b]has been leaking radiation, cracking and threatening to collapse.[/b][/quote] An early RIP to whoever builds the new shelter. But I'm glad the country is getting a little more open to tourism in that area. It could provide a nice source of revenue to help pay for rehabilitating the area. Plus I think it's good for people to understand the potential consequences of nuclear power, regardless of how small the chances are of a repeat disaster.
Throw up the Beware of Bloodsucker signs
[QUOTE=General_Xing;26676042]It's cool for urban exploration ect, but most of these fools only want to go because they some strange fetish about soviet union, ak47s and gas masks.[/QUOTE] lol dinosaurs in buisness suits so kool and original!!!! Yeah because a grown man would totally make a steam group dedicated to dinosaurs in suits. You are between 12-16 years of age, dont even try to deny it.
[QUOTE=Melnek;26689851]lol dinosaurs in buisness suits so kool and original!!!! Yeah because a grown man would totally make a steam group dedicated to dinosaurs in suits. You are between 12-16 years of age, dont even try to deny it.[/QUOTE] its a joke, are you stupid in the head
[QUOTE=General_Xing;26690160]its a joke, are you stupid in the head[/QUOTE] a bad one
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