[J____]

ukraine to open the site to tourists in 2011

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/12/13/ukraine-open-chernobyl-area-tourists-1172479551/

[Liquid_o2]

Awesome. Would love to go on a proper tour of the area, as long as I don't come back glowing.

[Hondaracer]

They already have tours I've read about, it's like 400 USD and you just have to time it right because they do 1 per month
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[The_AK]

cool, might look into this when I go back, I wonder how long the tour is and what kind of safety measures are taken

[El Bastardo]

Beware the S.T.A.L.K.E.Rs

[-EuroRSN-]

Shit i dunno i prolly wouldnt go... Whats the half life on Radiation?

[Infiniti]

theres a whole lot of uncertainty surrounding the actual safeness of visiting the immediate vicinity of the chernobyl plant. Most tours that have existed up until now never went into the actual plant. They were relegated to outdoor perimetre tours along with viewing the town. Some experts say the "sarcophagus" that was built to envelope the huge hole created above the reactor has been experiencing an expansive rate of decay and will need to be replaced in the next few years.
Whats amazing is how the whole area has been almosr fully reclaimed by nature.

[drunkrussian]

yeahhhh i'm gonna go ahead and NOT take the ukranian government's word on this one...

[Berzerker]

Sweet wonder if we can meet some these fine locals??!!!


NSFW

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fvh4htEEGrM/TMYBrpoivYI/AAAAAAAAAW4/CJi75Gb0Uec/s1600/Rageroo_Lycia_Naff_Total_Recall_01.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DFLY59S1EFE/TGAihPubWLI/AAAAAAAAAHg/ZPzjDc8JFVo/s1600/kuato_in_total_recall.jpg


Berz out.

[LUUUUUUUU]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvAJ_u3Q0Hw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LA_PnAQONo

[RevYouUp]

its a trap!

[The_AK]

yeahhhh i'm gonna go ahead and NOT take the ukranian government's word on this one...

lol not so much because of the radiation but because you might get driven out there and get robbed/shot when you present your Canadian passport

[LiquidTurbo]

Meh should be fine as long as you carry a Geiger counter with you at all times. Would be sorta interesting. I bet the economy of the local area could get a boost from this. Can't imagine the economy to be in a good state at the moment...

[The_AK]

^can't be a whole lot there since the entire city is abandoned

edit*
incase someone wants photos of Chernobyl
http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2006/09/13/lost-city-of-chernobyl/

[LiquidTurbo]

^
I meant in the surrounding area.

[shenmecar]

Before going on the trip, fully test your Geiger Counter to make sure it ISN'T beeping out of control in a non-radiation zone first.

[Great68]

It can't be THAT bad...

The Chernobyl power plant was active until December 2000. Which means people worked there for years after the disaster.

[CKLCKL]

It can't be THAT bad...

The Chernobyl power plant was active until December 2000. Which means people worked there for years after the disaster.

source?

[Greenstoner]

^ wiki has it ...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster

[Great68]

source?

"Unit 3 was the last reactor to be operated at the Chernobyl plant. To meet the year 2000 deadline, the reactor was shut down on 15 December 2000 during the official ceremony of the power plant shut-down with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma present in the control room during the event. At about 1:17 PM local time, the reactor team pressed AZ5, Rapid Emergency Defence; within seconds the power readout meter was reading zero. The shutdown went as planned."

...

"Even after the last reactor shutdown, people continue to work at the Chernobyl plant until reactor units 1, 2, and 3 are totally decommissioned, which is expected to take years."

How hard is that to google?

[CKLCKL]

"Unit 3 was the last reactor to be operated at the Chernobyl plant. To meet the year 2000 deadline, the reactor was shut down on 15 December 2000 during the official ceremony of the power plant shut-down with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma present in the control room during the event. At about 1:17 PM local time, the reactor team pressed AZ5, Rapid Emergency Defence; within seconds the power readout meter was reading zero. The shutdown went as planned."

...

"Even after the last reactor shutdown, people continue to work at the Chernobyl plant until reactor units 1, 2, and 3 are totally decommissioned, which is expected to take years."

How hard is that to google?

settle down, I was just asking for the source island boy

[Mr.C]

Didn't everyone already visit Chernobyl in Modern Warfare? Why actually go there? :p

[Volvo-brickster]

watch all the fools download this on their iphones then head off without reading the disclaimer

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/igeiger/id314873037?mt=8

http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/014/Purple/de/ac/9e/mzl.gofuadqo.320x480-75.jpg

[The_AK]

watch all the fools download this on their iphones then head off without reading the disclaimer

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/igeiger/id314873037?mt=8

http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/014/Purple/de/ac/9e/mzl.gofuadqo.320x480-75.jpg

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/100216/Modern-Family-Phil_400.jpg
"My iGadget will notify me when I'm experiencing dangerous radiation levels!"

[Jegz]

Looks like theyre recruiting for X-MEN

[MindBomber]

Shit i dunno i prolly wouldnt go... Whats the half life on Radiation?

For plutonium 24100 years lol..

If my math is right, 0.047% of the radiation should have degraded since the reaction.

[alpinestars]

it will always serve us as a reminder of the potential of nuclear power

[Hondaracer]

in 30 years tribes in africa that havent seen a white man before will be surfing the web from nucelar power

Chernobyl was just an example of poor soviet technology

[Great68]

in 30 years tribes in africa that havent seen a white man before will be surfing the web from nucelar power

Chernobyl was just an example of poor soviet technology

American reactor designs weren't a whole lot better back in the day...

They just didn't have operators who would exploit their design flaws as easily.

The Chernobyl accident would never have occurred if the plant operators hadn't run tests & experiments below the safe operational limits.

[orgasm_donor]

I remember reading this quite some time ago:

http://www.kiddofspeed.com/

It is a pretty interesting perspective.

[twitchyzero]

would love to visit pyripat someday if the radiation levels have gone and they've kept the mess in-tact...i love the eerieness from playing games like Modern Warfare and STALKER lol

[AzNightmare]

lol, I didn't even know of this place until I played CoD4.
Pretty interesting place to read up about.

[spideyv2]

anyone else seen that destination truth episode where they go ghost hunting In Chernobyl

Trip
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[Mancini]

http://www.kiddofspeed.com/

[Berzerker]

^^ Look 3 posts up.

Berz out.

[Berzerker]

lol, I didn't even know of this place until I played CoD4.
Pretty interesting place to read up about.


It's crazy how accurate the CoD maps really are. I've seen footage on TV and I almost feel like I've been there. I know it sounds crazy but as the camera was going around the area I knew what was coming up. Seeing it in real life on Camera was a pretty interesting feeling after having gamed up on the level several times and knowing it the way I know it.

Berz out.

[AzNightmare]

It's crazy how accurate the CoD maps really are. I've seen footage on TV and I almost feel like I've been there. I know it sounds crazy but as the camera was going around the area I knew what was coming up. Seeing it in real life on Camera was a pretty interesting feeling after having gamed up on the level several times and knowing it the way I know it.

Berz out.

yeah, they modelled their maps with a lot of reference pics.
Kind of makes it creepy a bit playing that level again actually.

[BoostedBB6]

I have always been fascinated by places like this.
I would go there for sure if they could prove that the radiation would cause no long or short term effects on me. :P

[maxx]

i wouldnt even go to that region...trust me..

[alpinestars]

i wouldnt even go to that region...trust me..

I would go if I already had cancer.

[StealthFighter]

It's crazy how accurate the CoD maps really are. I've seen footage on TV and I almost feel like I've been there. I know it sounds crazy but as the camera was going around the area I knew what was coming up. Seeing it in real life on Camera was a pretty interesting feeling after having gamed up on the level several times and knowing it the way I know it.

Berz out.


yeah it's pretty much dead on accurate. comparison.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt9OOYs_Ru0

[Hondaracer]

Pretty easy to model a place that never changes :p
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