cup of tea 12:13 Wed Mar 6
The Chernobyl Diaries
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Flicking through some SKY channels last night I came across this film. Actually watched it all when I didn't think I would last more than a few minutes. Actually enjoyed it even though it was obviously OTT in terms of the script and acting (or lack of it!)
After the film I watched some Youtube videos about the disaster which I remember well even though I was quite young - 1986 I think. Some experts saying the area (Chernobyl/Pripyat) could not be inhabited for 20,000 years!
I then read you can actually go on tours there via Kiev and I now actually fancy it in a morbid sort of way (as long as I don't grow 3 arms and legs from radiation exposure!)
The eerie look of the ferris wheel and discarded personal belongings like children's toys and personal photos lying around only adds to the gravity of the disaster and makes it more interesting.
Would any of you do a tour? Surely it has to be safe in terms of where you can and cannot go and the length of time you can stay? I think reactor 4 where the disaster happened is encased in concrete now.
Maybe I am a sadistic/morbid cunt but I am seriously thinking I would like to go ....
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Northern Sold
12:24 Wed Mar 6
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My Nephew done a trip with my sister a couple of years ago for his 18th birthday... was always a place he wanted to go???? Each to their own...
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Block
12:27 Wed Mar 6
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I'm an Chernobyl baby.
FACT.
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Northern Sold
12:28 Wed Mar 6
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Ag Ag Ag!!
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AKA ERNIE
12:43 Wed Mar 6
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my misses did the tour there last time Chelsea played in Kiev she loved it said was fascinating and she's doing it again next when as Chelsea back in kiev
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Far Cough
12:53 Wed Mar 6
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They won't let you go anywhere that has heightened radiation, you're probably as safe as having an X-ray done
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Pub Bigot
1:13 Wed Mar 6
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Block 12:27 Wed Mar 6
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Hence the size of your head.
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Block
1:39 Wed Mar 6
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That was my point, bigot son.
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On The Ball
2:24 Wed Mar 6
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It's a brilliant tour. Equally fascinating and terrifying. Pripyat is like nowhere else you'll go (unless you've got a trip to Fukushima booked). It's a shame that they've covered the reactor now as that was an 'iconic' view, but even with the sarcophagus it's good.
There are stats about the radiation - I'm sure I read that you get as much on a long-haul flight as you do from that tour, so don't give it any thought. And don't buy protective suits like Americans do. Some friends went with https://chernobyl-exclusive-tours.com/ in January and loved it.
And Kiev is a fantastic city - some cool sights (Google the Motherland statue), good cheap beer, friendly people, pigs ears in pubs. It's a glorious place in Summer. Use Uber or another taxi app though.
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cup of tea
2:27 Wed Mar 6
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OTB, cheers. Looks like it would be a stay in Kiev with a booked tour then.
Will look into this more in the coming months.
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El Scorchio
2:43 Wed Mar 6
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Absolutely I’d go. I would find it really interesting. Very very eerie and sobering as well just seeing a fully deserted city and knowing why it’s so. If it weren’t so dangerous I’d love to see the power plant as well.
Anyone heard about the ‘elephant’s foot’ at Chernobyl?
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cup of tea
2:56 Wed Mar 6
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUvTOybctuo
Lots of views on how dangerous it is. Put it this way, I wouldn't like to be anywhere near it.
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El Scorchio
3:36 Wed Mar 6
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Me either. Apparently one of the most radioactive things on the planet?
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joe royal
8:40 Thu Mar 7
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Watched a programme on the building of the concrete cover and the amount of radiation still leaking.
Can’t remember the exact figures but 200 meteres away was unsafe but 205 was safe.
Almost like an invisible curtain was stopping any leakage.
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lab
10:00 Thu Mar 7
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The main thing is it didn't affect us humans, not sure which one of my heads thought that.
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w4hammer
1:42 Thu Mar 7
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAgRDScygic
Dead Flag Blues- music video shot at Chernobyl-- uplifting it aint ;-)
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cup of tea
4:24 Tue May 7
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If anyone is interested new drama on Chernobyl starts tonight at 9pm on SKY Atlantic. 5 parts I think seems to have good reviews
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cup of tea
4:24 Tue May 7
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If anyone is interested new drama on Chernobyl starts tonight at 9pm on SKY Atlantic. 5 parts I think seems to have good reviews
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Far Cough
7:17 Tue May 7
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The idiots running the reactor didn't fully understand reactor poisoning specifically xenon-135 and continued withdrawing the safety rods of course once the poison burned off the whole thing just took off
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lab
7:31 Tue May 7
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Sounds a gas .
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Northern Sold
12:13 Wed May 8
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Watched episode 1... excellent I thought.... dunno how much is made up bullshit but even if a element of truth what happened after was a fucking scandal...
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