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Can you go to Chernobyl without a guide?
Can you visit Chernobyl without a guide? Tourist entry into the exclusion zone is only permitted with a licenced guide. There are many areas inside the exclusion zone that are still considered very dangerous, and a guide will have the expertise to keep you safe at all times.
How do I get into Chernobyl exclusion zone?
The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and the Pripyat town are closed secured areas, enclosed by several rows of barbed wire, with patrols and checkpoints. Access to the areas is allowed only to the Zone’s employees with passes, or to visitors of the Zone with a prearranged program and enclosed passes.
How long can you stay in Chernobyl exclusion zone?
It is safe to stay in the outer Exclusion Zone overnight. There is a small hotel in Chernobyl town where our trips spend the night. On our trips to Chernobyl you’ll spend two days exploring the abandoned ruins and the towns and villages that nature has reclaimed.
Can you take photos in Chernobyl?
To take pictures of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is allowed at the special site only. This prohibition is connected with the international law on protection of nuclear facilities.
Can you freely explore Pripyat?
Yes, you can. If you get yourself to Kyiv, Ukraine, you can easily buy a tour to get access to Chernobyl town, the front of the power plant and the abandoned town of Pripyat.
How long until Pripyat is safe?
How Long Will It Take For Ground Radiation To Break Down? On average, the response to when Chernobyl and, by extension, Pripyat, will be habitable again is about 20,000 years.
What is the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone?
The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is a vast area in Ukraine and Belarus, surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. In April 1986 a routine test went catastrophically wrong resulting in two explosions.
How much radiation do you get on a Chernobyl tour?
During a Chernobyl tour the levels of exposure can range from 130 to 2,610 microsieverts per hour – that’s 0.00261 of one whole sievert (i.e. at least 1000 times less than the potentially lethal level).
Can you go into the exclusion zone without a tour operator?
Basically, to go into the exclusion zone without either a) a tour operator or b) a qualified nuclear fallout expert with your own safety and moinitoring equipment, is plain crazy. The environment in relation to radiation levels in certain areas is extremely dynamic, and without proper measurement, you could be exposing yourself to harmful levels.
What happened at Chernobyl?
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, originally known as the V.I. Lenin Power Plant is located in northern Ukraine close to the border with Belarus. Four reactors had been built and were in use with the fifth and sixth reactors being built. The description below is a simplified version of events.