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Lost city of Chernobyl 27 March 2009 at 1:40 pm by CJ

Chernobyl entrance

β€œIn matters nuclear one thing is certain: there is no protection in an iron curtain.” A letter in The Times May 3rd, 1986.

On the 26th of April 1986 shortly after midnight, to be precise, at 1:23 GMT, there occurred near the Ukrainian town of Chernobyl a tremendous explosion at a huge nuclear power plant, followed by a gradual meltdown of the reactor No. 4.

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+ Chernobyl’s Scrap Yard By CJ 26 March 2009 at 7:05 pm and have No Comments

Chernobyl Scrap Yard

These are the machineries used to evacuate Chernobyl.

Hundreds of pieces of Russian army hardware is left on the small field right near to Chernobyl. All this machinery has participated in Chernobyl accident liquidation and is radioactive from top to bottom. Now it dies out under the open skies of deserted Chernobyl.

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