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Originally Posted by The0pportunist
I remember topgear episode where they drove through the site once - probably not strictly factual but the place is still very eerie!
Quite sad really that we humans are the biggest threat to our planet!
Did you have to wear special equipment to visit this place ?
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for visiting the place, even its summer time its a must to wear long sleeves, trousers and some shoes that avoid exposing your feet..
the areas they re taking actually is cleaned like roads or the houses but there are still some parts of the area that has some significant amount of radiation still.. some hot spots that x1000 than normal levels.. thats why its prohibited to go away from the road to soil, cleaning shoes if there is some mud before hopping back to the bus or van.. and i realized that all the vehicles that permitted to go inside the area, windows cant be rolled down.. and no air con or air circulation from outside.. no drinking water or something from a cup.. only bottled drinks are ok.. there is no place that sells tea or coffee inside.. though there is a place for you to eat though.. not advised to touch the animals..
before going there i made some research about the radiation.. seems there are 3 types of them.. alpha beta and gamma.. alpha is the most heaviest and kinda most lethal one but they cant travel that much and can be stopped even by a piece of paper.. beta can travel longer in the air and can be stopped by few millimeters of plastic or a thin metal.. gamma is the most determined one that can travel pretty long distances and it penetrates through materials quite easily.. thick concrete is needed.. so this clothing restriction is coming from these reasons.. if anyone here specialist can be interesting hear from them also..
as a general feeling, yes the main roads are ok but the area is not small and i really dont think that Ukrainians really cleaned the whole area.. i had a geiger/dosi meter also to measure the radiation.. havent seen any part of soil that has normal levels of radiation.. so long as you wont lie down on those soil naked for some time, if you wont eat that soil actually the radiation levels are just a bit higher than an average big city.. and it wont be harmful since you wont exposed to those radiation for a long time.. cant remember the radiation comparison with X-rays but, it should be something like having 3-4 X-rays a year amount additional radiation you re being exposed..