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Droneflyvning over Pripyat

30 år efter Tjernobyl ulykken

Droneflyvning over Pripyat
A ferris wheel and a carousel are abandoned 26 May 2003 in the amusement park of the ghost town of Prypyat, adjacent to the Chernobyl nuclear plant. Prypyat which had 45,000 residents was totally evacuated in the first three days after the reactor number four at the Chernobyl plant blew up at 1:23am 26 April 1986, spewing out a radioactive cloud and contaminating much of Europe. An estimated 15,000 to 30,000 people have died in the aftermath. Over 2,5 million Ukranians suffer from health problems related to the Chernobyl blast, with 80,000 of them receiving a pension. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY
Mikkel M. Vermeulen
Af Mikkel M. Vermeulen 30. april 2016
A ferris wheel and a carousel are abandoned 26 May 2003 in the amusement park of the ghost town of Prypyat, adjacent to the Chernobyl nuclear plant. Prypyat which had 45,000 residents was totally evacuated in the first three days after the reactor number four at the Chernobyl plant blew up at 1:23am 26 April 1986, spewing out a radioactive cloud and contaminating much of Europe. An estimated 15,000 to 30,000 people have died in the aftermath. Over 2,5 million Ukranians suffer from health problems related to the Chernobyl blast, with 80,000 of them receiving a pension. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY

Den 26. april i år krydsede vi 30årsdagen for Tjernobyl-ulykken, der efterlod den unge by Pripyat som en spøgelsesby, som følge af en massiv evakueringsindsats. Pripyat var bygget op omkring industrien der opstod på baggrund af arbejdet ved det nærliggende atomkraftværk Tjernobyl, på tidspunktet for evakueringen var byen beboet af næsten 50.000 indbyggere. 

Pripyat er i dag et en interessant lokation for urban exploring, og bliver brugt som det case for meget forskning omkring eftervirkningerne af atom-ulykker. 

Mere læsning her: Pripyat: Spøgelsesbyen fra Tjernobyl-ulykken.

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