Chernobyl was once a peaceful town full of workers and factories after the Second World War. However, in the early hours of April 26, 1986, within 40 seconds, a power surge severely overheated the reactor , rupturing some of the radiation than a body can bear. At last, families and workers from less than two miles away stood on balconies and watched the grow.
After 36 hours of the accident, the residents of Chernobyl were told to bring enough supplies and to leave their pets behind. The implication was that after a quick cleanup they would return home. That didn't happen. Nearly 200 villages were evacuated.
Twenty eight years after the explosion of a nuclear reactor at Chernobyl, a new kind of tourism rises. In 2011, Chernobyl, site of the world's worst catastrophe at a nuclear power plant, was officially declared a tourist attraction. George Johnson, the writer of the article, joint the tour and went to the exclusion zone.
After the accident, Chernobyl was now surrounded by wilderness. the abandoned villages has been seized and occupied by wildlife. There are bison, boars, moose, wolves, beavers, falcons and horses. The accident giving them more than a thousand square miles to roam.
In an old farming village, the writer found some child's doll and a discarded picture of Lenin. Also, the writer and his team were surprised by an inhabitant, Rosalia, she is one of what officials called "returnees"---stubborn old people. From what she said, The lands around Chernobyl are part of the Pripyat Marshes on the eastern front, where the bloodiest battles of the Second World War were fought.
Later on, during visiting an old village, the guides told the writer about stalkers, which means surreptitious visitors who sneak into the zone. At first they came to scavenge, later for the thrill. Later on the writer met a stalker, Kiev. According to what Kiev said, he first imagined the zone should be a vast, burnt out place, but he found forests and rivers, which all contaminated beauty.
At last, the writer mentioned that the hottest sport they measured that day was on the blade of a rusting earthmover that had been used to plow under the radioactive topsoil: 186 microsieverts per hour.
After 36 hours of the accident, the residents of Chernobyl were told to bring enough supplies and to leave their pets behind. The implication was that after a quick cleanup they would return home. That didn't happen. Nearly 200 villages were evacuated.
Twenty eight years after the explosion of a nuclear reactor at Chernobyl, a new kind of tourism rises. In 2011, Chernobyl, site of the world's worst catastrophe at a nuclear power plant, was officially declared a tourist attraction. George Johnson, the writer of the article, joint the tour and went to the exclusion zone.
After the accident, Chernobyl was now surrounded by wilderness. the abandoned villages has been seized and occupied by wildlife. There are bison, boars, moose, wolves, beavers, falcons and horses. The accident giving them more than a thousand square miles to roam.
In an old farming village, the writer found some child's doll and a discarded picture of Lenin. Also, the writer and his team were surprised by an inhabitant, Rosalia, she is one of what officials called "returnees"---stubborn old people. From what she said, The lands around Chernobyl are part of the Pripyat Marshes on the eastern front, where the bloodiest battles of the Second World War were fought.
Later on, during visiting an old village, the guides told the writer about stalkers, which means surreptitious visitors who sneak into the zone. At first they came to scavenge, later for the thrill. Later on the writer met a stalker, Kiev. According to what Kiev said, he first imagined the zone should be a vast, burnt out place, but he found forests and rivers, which all contaminated beauty.
At last, the writer mentioned that the hottest sport they measured that day was on the blade of a rusting earthmover that had been used to plow under the radioactive topsoil: 186 microsieverts per hour.