CHERNOBYL: THE PAST OR FUTURE? (Continued, part 5) One of the stranger stops during our tour was a stop near the first reactor. There is a channel through which water flowed into the reactor cooling systems. In the channel now live in a huge carp. And apparently, a good living. It is difficult to say how large was the largest of them, but obviously they were more than six meters in length. Real Monsters. They grew so big because the channel no predators. That's big fish! After a short move, we were near the sarcophagus. Closer to the 4-th reactor, we were not allowed to go. Before it was about 100 meters. Our guide gave us permission to include radiation counters when we got off the bus. Indications were large, but not dangerous. At this point, the level of pollution is not very high. All contaminated soil was replaced during the cleaning process, so that most of the radiation, which we could find came from the reactor itself. Emma and the fourth reactor on the way from the reactor in the town of Pripyat, we stopped at the Bridge of Death. From there, offer excellent views of a reactor. Few who stood on the bridge on the night of the accident managed to survive. In the town of Pripyat, we stopped at three places. The first place was the center of the city. There we were able to look at the old hotel, residences, theaters, restaurants and a few other buildings. All of them, of course, long been abandoned. The whole city is in ruins, and trees, grass and wild animals are his full owners. According to an article in Wikipedia, in Pripyat at least one building collapsed due to the fact that he was not maintained in proper condition. Since the windows of many houses have no windows, demolition of houses will occur fairly quickly. Another 20 years the city will already be dangerous to move. Tree in a house inside the building paint moves away from the walls and the floor is garbage interspersed with old furniture that creates a sinister atmosphere. It is a pity that we did not have more time to walk along the Pripyat. Once there was a big city, and should be, there are still many interesting places. Sarcophagus second stop in Pripyat has become a famous amusement park. This park should have been open just five days after the accident occurred at Chernobyl, May 1, 1986. But the whole city was evacuated, and now the park is in the middle of the city as a monument to unfulfilled expectations. Third stop was the town of Pripyat bath. "Pomyvochny item has become the most boring part of the trip. True, it was the only stop for the whole tour, during which we experienced as a danger. The pool bath is no city water, but it's pretty deep. To be inattentive, can fall into the pool and hurt yourself something. City Baths swimming pool on the road from Pripyat in the Chernobyl accident, we drove past the Red Forest. This forest was so heavily polluted with radioactive fallout after the accident, that the trees in it were red, and then completely died. Tours do not stops in the Red Forest, but when we passed, our guide put out a counter from the bus window. A few seconds later he put his hand back, pointed at the screen and said: "rolls over". In soil the content of cesium-137 is so high that even today not all the counters to measure radiation are capable of there background. Although all is not as bad as it might seem. If he held the detector in the X-ray medical devices, it is quite possible, it would also be any high level. But put up a tent in the Red Forest is still not worth it. After we returned from Pripyat in the city of Chernobyl, we first had to pass through radiation detectors. This must be done to make sure that our hands and feet are no radioactive dust. After that, we had dinner at the restaurant and headed back to Kiev. After we left the exclusion zone, we had to once again pass the test radiation detectors. At this time the test was more rigorous, but it successfully completed. Check So, safe to travel to Chernobyl? Not really. However, there is one exception: Pregnant better to refrain from such a trip. Fruit, as we know, is very sensitive to radiation, so do not expose it to unnecessary risk. During a visit to Chernobyl you'll get the same dose of radiation, as in the intercontinental flight or during the two sessions fluorography. In general, a much greater risk may be to put yourself under sunburn than with a day trip to the exclusion zone. Some even live in the Zone, and with nothing bad happening, although it is unlikely to be useful for health. They live next to Chernobyl, and thus receive higher dose of radiation. And if a long time to expose myself to radiation it can affect health. This is how to do X-rays of teeth at the dentist. In medical applications, we obtain a radiation dose several times a year, and there is nothing to worry about. The very same dentist makes 10 to 20 images every day, and it can be dangerous. Monument to the fire as I said, we were shown a documentary film, when we went from Kiev to Chernobyl. This film is a fragment of the treatment of Mikhail Gorbachev to the Soviet people, which he said that the Chernobyl disaster was the first nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union. However, it is not entirely truthful. Unfortunately, the Chernobyl area is not the only place on earth where people had to be evacuated due to radioactive fallout. In Russia, there are at least two such places - Lake Karachay and the city Kyshtym. None of these places are not open to tourists, like Chernobyl. Start material:
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