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2829
Tourisme nucléaire
Until now, few groups have had the chance to visit Chernobyl and its contaminated surroundings. But on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the world worst nuclear accident to date, the Ukrainian government legalized such tours and is developing plans to attract close to one million visitors to the zone in 2012. The first tours are already underway.
The most arresting attraction for many visitors is the ghost town of Pripyat less than 3km from the failed reactor. In the 1970’s it was constructed for the plant’s personnel. Once a beautiful town, its 50,000 inhabitants were evacuated 36 hours after the accident. But 25 years after the catastrophe nature starts rebounding.
An excited group of tourists is comparing and photographing their read-outs on their personal Geiger counters.
© Gerd Ludwig 2010 All Rights Reserved
2829
Tourisme nucléaire
Until now, few groups have had the chance to visit Chernobyl and its contaminated surroundings. But on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the world worst nuclear accident to date, the Ukrainian government legalized such tours and is developing plans to attract close to one million visitors to the zone in 2012. The first tours are already underway.
The most arresting attraction for many visitors is the ghost town of Pripyat less than 3km from the failed reactor. In the 1970’s it was constructed for the plant’s personnel. Once a beautiful town, its 50,000 inhabitants were evacuated 36 hours after the accident. But 25 years after the catastrophe nature starts rebounding.
An excited group of tourists is comparing and photographing their read-outs on their personal Geiger counters.
© Gerd Ludwig 2010 All Rights Reserved
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2828
Tourisme nucléaire
Until now, few groups have had the chance to visit Chernobyl and its contaminated surroundings. But on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the world worst nuclear accident to date, the Ukrainian government legalized such tours and is developing plans to attract close to one million visitors to the zone in 2012. The first tours are already underway.
The most arresting attraction for many visitors is the ghost town of Pripyat less than 3km from the failed reactor. In the 1970’s it was constructed for the plant’s personnel. Once a beautiful town, its 50,000 inhabitants were evacuated 36 hours after the accident. But 25 years after the catastrophe nature starts rebounding. Grass pushes up through the cracks of dormant roads that once were glorious promenades, and even trees grow through broken windows and doors.
On April 26, 1986 this amusement park with bumper cars and a Ferris wheel in the city center was being readied for the annual May Day celebrations, when the nearby reactor blew up, contaminated thousands of square kilometers and forced more than a quarter of a million people to abandon their towns and villages. Rotting away for 25 years, it has become a symbol of the abandonment of the area it is now becoming an attraction for tourist groups.
©Gerd Ludwig
2828
Tourisme nucléaire
Until now, few groups have had the chance to visit Chernobyl and its contaminated surroundings. But on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the world worst nuclear accident to date, the Ukrainian government legalized such tours and is developing plans to attract close to one million visitors to the zone in 2012. The first tours are already underway.
The most arresting attraction for many visitors is the ghost town of Pripyat less than 3km from the failed reactor. In the 1970’s it was constructed for the plant’s personnel. Once a beautiful town, its 50,000 inhabitants were evacuated 36 hours after the accident. But 25 years after the catastrophe nature starts rebounding. Grass pushes up through the cracks of dormant roads that once were glorious promenades, and even trees grow through broken windows and doors.
On April 26, 1986 this amusement park with bumper cars and a Ferris wheel in the city center was being readied for the annual May Day celebrations, when the nearby reactor blew up, contaminated thousands of square kilometers and forced more than a quarter of a million people to abandon their towns and villages. Rotting away for 25 years, it has become a symbol of the abandonment of the area it is now becoming an attraction for tourist groups.
©Gerd Ludwig
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3595
Héritage toxique
Prypyat / Ukraine
Le vent souffle sur la ville abandonnée de Prypiat. Le 26 avril 1986, on préparait ce parc d'attractions pour la fête annuelle du 1er mai quand l'accident nucléaire s'est produit.
© Gerd Ludwig
03/11/2009 3595
03/11/2009
Héritage toxique
Prypyat / Ukraine
Le vent souffle sur la ville abandonnée de Prypiat. Le 26 avril 1986, on préparait ce parc d'attractions pour la fête annuelle du 1er mai quand l'accident nucléaire s'est produit.
© Gerd Ludwig
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