Abandoned farms in Narodichi, a small town only a few kilometres away from the contaminated closed zone (zone-1). The village lies in zone-2, which means people are not allowed to move in from outside. Those already there can move away but many lack the resources to do so and do not have a place to go. The soil in and around the village is contaminated and crops grown here still cause sickness. From the government they get a mere 25 US cents per month to buy clean food.
Chernobyl in the Ukraine became the site of the most infamous nuclear disaster accident of all. In 1986 the explosion of the nuclear reactor affected the lives of millions in Western Russia, Belarus and the Ukraine. Both countries have plans to build new reactors to export energy to Europe.