Popular Post Commander CMG Posted February 14, 2019 Popular Post #1 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Since the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986, an exclusion zone of more than 4,000 square kilometres has been abandoned. That could be about to change, as Victoria Gill discovered during a week-long trip to the zone. "This place is more than half of my life," says Gennady Laptev. The broad-shouldered Ukrainian scientist is smiling wistfully as we stand on the now dry ground of what was Chernobyl nuclear power plant's cooling pond. Read More 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daughter of the Nine Moons Posted February 14, 2019 #2 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Thank you for sharing this, I don't have time to read it right now but the little I did read is very interesting. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander CMG Posted February 14, 2019 Author #3 Share Posted February 14, 2019 15 minutes ago, Daughter of the Nine Moons said: Thank you for sharing this, I don't have time to read it right now but the little I did read is very interesting. Its an incredible read.. Chernobyl has always intrigued me, even the lesser quality movies on it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Walt' E. Kurtz Posted February 14, 2019 #4 Share Posted February 14, 2019 (edited) I live in Sweden and remember when Chernobyl happened I was seven at the time and i asked my mom will we die now ? cause we were afraid of the radioactive down fall luckily we did not get the amount of radiation as we thought but it still was enough to cause cancer and health problems. Edited February 14, 2019 by Impedancer 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted February 15, 2019 #5 Share Posted February 15, 2019 It sounds like they may be thinking about re-opening the area again for people to live in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Walt' E. Kurtz Posted February 15, 2019 #6 Share Posted February 15, 2019 2 hours ago, susieice said: It sounds like they may be thinking about re-opening the area again for people to live in. Sounds way too early perhaps it's their way to get rid of enemies of the state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hankenhunter Posted February 15, 2019 #7 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Very poignant story. The old woman planting flowers around the hotel in the hopes that visitors would think less badly about Chernobyl, brought tears to my eyes.They've been through hell and back. I wish them the very best and hope their zone gets expanded if safe to do so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingoLingo Posted February 15, 2019 #8 Share Posted February 15, 2019 that was a great read.. have watched a number of documentaries about it.. those liquidators that went in right after it happened.. that was some serious guts.. ok a number of them did not realise the full effect it would have.. but a lot of them did.. and they still did it.. that .. is pure bravery.. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted February 18, 2019 #9 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Interesting. Hopefully all kinds of studies are done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Wellington Posted February 18, 2019 #10 Share Posted February 18, 2019 On 14/02/2019 at 9:19 PM, Iilaa'mpuul'xem said: Since the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986, an exclusion zone of more than 4,000 square kilometres has been abandoned. That could be about to change, as Victoria Gill discovered during a week-long trip to the zone. "This place is more than half of my life," says Gennady Laptev. The broad-shouldered Ukrainian scientist is smiling wistfully as we stand on the now dry ground of what was Chernobyl nuclear power plant's cooling pond. Read More My understanding is that some people moved back in 20 years ago. Its not dangerous to be there anymore so long as you stick to the cleared zones. You can even go on holiday to and go inside the reactor for short periods of time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coil Posted February 18, 2019 #11 Share Posted February 18, 2019 (edited) Chernobyl, 450 km from me, and during the catastrophe the wind blew in the opposite direction, otherwise the radioactive wind would pass through my area: Volodymyr Pavlovych Pravyk ( 13 June 1962 – 11 May 1986) was a Soviet firefighter who died from radiation burns suffered in the Chernobyl disaster. He was posthumously awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin, and the Ukrainian Star For Courage, which later became the Order For Courage. He was laid to rest at Mitinskoe Cemetery in Moscow along with 27 other firefighters who died in the Chernobyl disaster. He is thought to be the firefighter that when experiencing massive amounts of radiation, had his eye color change from brown to blue. Spoiler Edited February 18, 2019 by Coil 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptor Witness Posted February 19, 2019 #12 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Cherobyl was true desolation, just like Fukushima. Desolation is a Biblical description of where the animals may live in a place, but the human beings are forbidden, This was described long before radioactivity was discovered. It is a remarkable prediction of the things to come, but also, the overturning of truth. The “abomination which leads to desolation,” spoken of by the prophet Daniel in the Old Testament, would not have been possible prior to the nuclear age. And equally intriguing passage says that ar some point, men will seek death but not be able to find it. That too is an unusual prediction for such an early time, suggesting some form of regenerative power which could spontaneously or intentionally occur on earth for some unknown purpose or reason. I believe there will be many Chernobyl’s to come and there will be many Fukushimas to come, until what is left of this technology is be removed or destroyed by a Higher Power. We have embraced Death with open arms, but the nation, which first tested this material on other human beings, will not escape the flaming sword which has fallen into the right hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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