Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Site-of-Chernobyl-Disaster-27MZIFIRKYTO.htmlConceptually similarWarning Sign in ChernobylGP0312UCompleted★★★★★★Sarcophagus of Chernobyl Reactor 1GP02VCBCompleted★★★★Sarcophagus of Chernobyl Reactor 1GP01AUCCompleted★★★★Sarcophagus of Chernobyl Reactor 1GP0WINCompleted★★★★Sarcophagus of Chernobyl Reactor 1GP02VC9Completed★★★★Sarcophagus of Chernobyl Reactor 1GP02VCACompleted★★★★Sarcophagus of Chernobyl Reactor 1GP02VC8Completed★★★★Chernobyl SarcophagusGP036T1Completed★★★★Chernobyl SarcophagusGP036T2Completed★★★★View AllGP0312SSite of Chernobyl DisasterWarning signs close to Chernobyl sarcophagus indicate places with high levels of radioactivity. The world's worst nuclear catastrophe took place right here on Unit 4. Chernobyl nuclear power plant at 1:23 am, 26th April 1986. Scientists estimated that radioactive debris blew up to an altitude of 1 kilometer and contaminated a substantial part of Europe; mainly Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.In original language:Ort der Tschernobyl-KatastropheRadioaktivitaets-Warnschilder in der Naehe des Tschernobyler "Sarkophags" kennzeichnen Orte mit hoher Strahlungsintensitaet. Hier im Block 4 ereignete sich der bisher schlimmste Atomunfall der Welt: um 1 Uhr 23 morgens am 26. April 1986. Wissenschaftler schaetzen, dass nukleare Truemmerpartikel bis zu einem Kilometer hoch geschleudert wurden und so einen wesentlichen Teil Europas verseuchten, insbesondere Weissrussland, Russland und die Ukraine.Locations:Chernobyl-Eastern Europe-UkraineDate:27 Jul, 2005Credit:© Vaclav Vasku / GreenpeaceMaximum size:3661px X 2415pxKeywords:Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant-Day-Gates-KWCI (GPI)-Men-Nuclear (campaign title)-Nuclear accidents-Nuclear energy-Nuclear radiation-One person-Outdoors-Power stations-TrucksShoot:Chernobyl 20 Years After the Nuclear DisasterDocumentation of regions and people affected by the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, photographed nearly twenty years after the event.
