News in Review Chernobyl: Disaster Tourism Revives the Past
News in Review Chernobyl: Disaster Tourism Revives the Past
In April 1986 the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine exploded, sending a plume of radioactive dust into the air. The explosion at reactor four was played down at first but quickly became the closest mankind has come to a complete nuclear meltdown. Thirty one people died in the immediate aftermath and thousands more would die over the years from radiation-related illnesses. More than 30 years later, the land around the plant remains radioactive. But that’s not stopping disaster tourists from visiting the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.
- 2020
- 00:13:51
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- Added on: 05/26/2021
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- Edition
- March 2020
- Subjects
- Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl', Ukraine, 1986 [LCSH] Dark tourism -- Ukraine -- Chornobyl' [LCSH] Nuclear power plants -- Accidents -- Ukraine [LCSH] Radioactive pollution -- Environmental aspects [LCSH] Social sciences [LCSH] Tourism [LCSH] World history [LCSH]
- Team
- Michael Serapio (Host), Alison Smith (Journalist), Chris Brown (Journalist)
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