Unfinished NPP in Chernobyl Chernobyl power plant used to be one of the most powerful stations in the Soviet Union. Before the accident of 1986, it had four operational reactors and two more were under construction. According to confirmed sources, power plant was supposed to have twelve reactors; unconfirmed sources…
“Jupiter” Factory- Purpose of the Facility The Jupiter plant in Pripyat was built near residential buildings, three hundred meters to the nearest house. The distance to the Nuclear Power Plant is about 4 km. The Chernobyl Jupiter factory started producing equipment in 1980. It was built to provide people not…
COOLING TOWERS FOR 3RD GENERATION OF REACTORS Cooling towers are quite typical buildings that are usually used in different types of thermal and nuclear power plants to cool a huge amount of water with a directed flow of atmospheric air. It is difficult to imagine the size of the unfinished…
Pripyat Morgue in Chernobyl One of the eeriest, frightening, and mysterious places in all of Chernobyl is the local morgue. Every room in the building has a direct connection with the terrible events that took place on April 26, 1986. Hospital Complex of the Medical and Sanitary Unit No. 126…
The Claw of Death The Chernobyl tragedy happened almost 40 years ago, but it has not been forgotten to this day. The huge exclusion zone around the nuclear power plant keeps many terrible exhibits on its territory, for example, the claw of death. One of the Most Radioactive Sights of…
Pripyat Police Station Pripyat was a model city. Light streets, developed infrastructure, and people, united by the atomic energy and belief in bright communist future. However, this paradise was hiding a bit of protests and a lot of other issues like domestic theft, drunk fights and sometimes conflicts in the…
City of Pripyat – Model Soviet City Pripyat is main destination of the majority of visitors who come to Chernobyl and all the tours – group and private, one day and multiday – visit the ghost town of Pripyat. Chernobyl and Pripyat in Ukraine are usually confused: the power plant…
Chernobyl New Safe Confinement New Safe Confinement is the biggest man-made movable construction in the world. It is 108 m high, 162 m long and 257 m wide. The accident that happened on April, 26 destroyed the unit 4 of Chernobyl nuclear power plant almost completely. The active zone of…
Chernobyl 2 – the Town for the Privileged Chernobyl-2 was built for the militaries and engineers who protected and operated the radar Duga-1. Usually, the array itself is the main destination of visitors, although the military town is located just by the antenna and shouldn’t be underestimated: it adds a…