June 2009 Archives
My friend Sergey just posted a new video of St. Michael's Church in the abandoned village of Krasnoe in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. This church was built around 1800 and was one of the most interesting stops during my two-day trip to Chernobyl in June 2006. The interior murals are just incredible and have stood the test of time extremely well.
Krasnoe is located 5.74 kilometers northeast of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, on the other side of the Pripyat River.
Krasnoe is located 5.74 kilometers northeast of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, on the other side of the Pripyat River.
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Information Department has released a new report about ongoing work at the facility. In addition to general information, the report provides background radiation measurements at several plant locations. The measurements are (in milli-Sieverts per hour):- Administration building - 0.41 mSv/hr
- Visitor Center near the Sarcophagus (object "Shelter") - 6.93 mSv/hr
- Local areas at the Sarcophagus (object "Shelter") - 40.0 mSv/hr
Photo by: Mond
Recent video of a bull moose in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone:
Video courtesy of http://www.chornobyl.in.ua/
Video courtesy of http://www.chornobyl.in.ua/
In case you missed the initial showing of Michael Forster Rothbart's "Inside Chernobyl: life goes on" photography exhibit in Kyiv, you have another chance. From June 5 to July 5, 2009 the exhibit will be on display at the Slavutych Information Center in Slavutych, Ukraine.
This photo exhibit had a brief initial showing from late April to early May in Kyiv's Shevchenko Park. The exhibit will now be appropriately displayed in Slavutych, a city that was built after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster as the new home for Chernobyl Nuclear Plant workers.
The Slavutych Information Center is located at 7 Druzhby Narodiv Street in Slavutych.
Details about the "Inside Chernobyl" photo exhibit can be found in my previous post about the Kyiv opening.
Note: Slavutych is located 40 km from Chernihiv, 45 km from Pripyat and 200 km from Kyiv. Rooms can be found at the hotel "Yevropeyskiy" at reasonable rates.
This photo exhibit had a brief initial showing from late April to early May in Kyiv's Shevchenko Park. The exhibit will now be appropriately displayed in Slavutych, a city that was built after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster as the new home for Chernobyl Nuclear Plant workers.
The Slavutych Information Center is located at 7 Druzhby Narodiv Street in Slavutych.
Details about the "Inside Chernobyl" photo exhibit can be found in my previous post about the Kyiv opening.
Note: Slavutych is located 40 km from Chernihiv, 45 km from Pripyat and 200 km from Kyiv. Rooms can be found at the hotel "Yevropeyskiy" at reasonable rates.
