“Interconnected Power System of the South” booklet printed in the USSR by ElektroMachExport in Russian, English and German. I cannot find the exact date of its publication however the Chernobyl…
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Most of you have heard of the Russian Woodpecker, but have you ever wondered what powered this massive structure? I have never seen any photographs from this place and it…
After the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the first place where the injured were hospitalized was the Pripyat Hospital No. 126. L.N. Moslencova, V.P. Belokon and A.I. Skachek…
On the 15th of December 2000 at 13:17, the last remaining operational reactor number 3 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was shut down using the AZ-5 switch located in…
A Booklet “Safety, Effectiveness, Social Progress” in English published by the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine containing information about the newly created State Specialised Enterprise “Chornobyl NPP” and…
The story of the Bridge of Death depicted in the HBO “Chernobyl” series is fictional. There is no record of Pripyat residents watching the events unfold from the bridge and…
Photos don’t give justice to the overwhelming size of the unfinished cooling towers of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. One of the most iconic pieces of Chernobyl artwork can be…
The Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) was a government body responsible for electricity generation in England and Wales for almost forty years, from 1957 to privatisation in the 1990s. “CEGB…
A highly contaminated cemetery located near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, with 30uSv/h readings in open air. Located in close proximity to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station the ground received…
The water in the Pripyat River dock rarely freezes enough to be safe to walk on, so I had a rare opportunity to climb the floating crane located there. The…
On the 26th of April 1986 reactor number 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was destroyed as a result of a failed test. A steam explosion and subsequent…
I came across several architectural concept drawings of Pripyat dated 1968. The first one appears to depict the Palace of Culture, later named Energetik, followed by the river station where…
Before infrared cameras, drones and other modern ways of spotting fires in the Chernobyl Zone, manned towers like this one in Paryshev village were crucial part of the firefighting infrastructure.…
War Memorial Park is located on the eastern outskirts of Chernobyl City. After the Chernobyl Disaster several new monuments were built on its grounds to commemorate the victims and liquidators.…