Disaster of Pripyat

Pripyat history

Pripyat was founded on February 4th, 1970. The main reason for the city foundation was construction and further exploitation of Chernobyl nuclear power plant - one of the largest in Europe - which gave the reason to call Pripyat a city of nuclear power professionals. Pripyat became the ninth nuclear power city in the Soviet Union.

The population of the city was 47,500 (in November 1985), it was the last census held before evacuation. Originally Pripyat was planned for 75,000-78,000 people.

Pripyat was a convenient transportation juncture in Polesye area due to railway station Yanov located rather close, a landing stage on the river Pripyat and highways.

The population of Pripyat was evacuated on April 27th, 1986, due to Chernobyl accident. A new town-sputnik Slavutich was built about 50 km from the nuclear power station for the staff working at it.

Pripyat is known all over the world for Chernobyl disaster happened at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The population of the city was about 49,400 before the disaster (April 26, 1986). After the disaster Pripyat was abandoned. The city is known asghost city now.

Pripyat is one of favorite places among tourists and scientists all over the world.

    Nuclear Reactor explosion

This an image of Nuclear Reactor explosion.

This explosion is possibility of Meltdown in the Uranium cores,where nuclear fusion occurred.

    Effect of the disaster

All the building were abandoned,most of them were apartment.Below this is an images of an abandoned apartment

Lots of left item and an abandoned building.Below this are an abandoned fun fair

An abandoned restaurant,Hotel and theater.

Abandoned gas mask.

   The Radiation

The radiation possibly radiated the place about 150-200 km square miles.Radiation will vanish about 2 or 4 decades.All plant at there also got infected by radiation and there no living of animal,except bugs and an insect.

    Conclusion

Government of Russia must lock down all the road and rails to Pripyat to ensure that no one is infected by radiation.Scientist should come per month to check the radiation level.This incident give us a way to avoid this kind of incident to happen in future.