The Exclusion Zone Archives - Chernobyl History

The Exclusion Zone: the turn of the century

Scientific and environmental activities at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the early 2000s are usually divided into several categories. A part of

Radioactive business or “every penny’s got to be”

The beginning of the 2000s became full of “very entrepreneurial ideas” for the gray routine of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Creative business, based

The Chernobyl tragedy: Beginning
At 1:23 a.m., April 26, 1986, the world counted down …
The Chernobyl tragedy: Test preparation
00:23 a.m. The control panel of the 4th power unit …
The Chernobyl tragedy: 00:27 a.m.
On the clock 00:27 a.m. By this time, the capacity …
The Chernobyl tragedy: Power failure
00:30 a.m. During the transition to an automatic control regulator, …
The Chernobyl tragedy: Trials at all costs
01:03 a.m. Dyatlov made sure that the power was brought …
The Chernobyl tragedy: The experiment is still going on
01:11 a.m. The experiment continues. The power rises sharply in …
The Chernobyl tragedy: Second from disaster
01:23 a.m. Having instantly assessed the situation, the senior operator …
The Chernobyl tragedy: The first explosion
The light goes out from the shock wave as a …