Son is doing an assignment on Chernobyl... I didn't realise its 29yrs last month since the disaster...
I showed him Alana's site.. http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chapter2.html (http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chapter2.html) I remember when this site first popped up - 10 yrs ago..
Gee time goes quick.. :(
Anyway, he got some good info off it.. Just got me thinking I wonder what condition the reactor is in these days, and when it will happen again....
Bit more info
http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/photographer-gerd-ludwig-ventures-inside-reactor-4-at-the-chernobyl-nuclear-plant/story-fnjww1r5-1226880157266 (http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/photographer-gerd-ludwig-ventures-inside-reactor-4-at-the-chernobyl-nuclear-plant/story-fnjww1r5-1226880157266)
Top Gear special this Thursday is at Chernobyl
KB
Quote from: KingBilly on May 06, 2014, 09:00:51 PM
Top Gear special this Thursday is at Chernobyl
KB
bit more info
http://www.livescience.com/45184-chernobyl-arch-radioactive-contamination.html (http://www.livescience.com/45184-chernobyl-arch-radioactive-contamination.html)
Sorry it was on last week my son informs me. Sorry
KB
Quote from: KingBilly
Sorry it was on last week my son informs me. Sorry
KB
NO stress, I cant stand Top Gear these days anyway!
This guy has been visiting their for years and has a photo book about the place
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gerdludwig/the-long-shadow-of-chernobyl-a-photo-book (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gerdludwig/the-long-shadow-of-chernobyl-a-photo-book)
GG
Quote from: GGPatrol on May 07, 2014, 06:48:24 AM
This guy has been visiting their for years and has a photo book about the place
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gerdludwig/the-long-shadow-of-chernobyl-a-photo-book (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gerdludwig/the-long-shadow-of-chernobyl-a-photo-book)
GG
I'd love to go there.. apparently theres tours around the region, but the place is that quiet it freaks most people out..
Quote from: Lost on May 07, 2014, 09:04:38 AM
I'd love to go there.. apparently theres tours around the region, but the place is that quiet it freaks most people out..
I reckon it would be great to do a tour. Don't think I would do it on a motorbike like that photographer dude did, unless I had lead leathers on...
Sent from somewhere on something with that tap thing
Quote from: Lost on May 06, 2014, 10:10:40 PM
NO stress, I cant stand Top Gear these days anyway!
Streetfire.net have all the current Top Gear season episodes. Only annoyance is they are in 10min blocks.
The up side of that is you can probably jump to the relevant segment & skip the fluff. I can't remember how much useful info they gave us on Chernobyl.
One thing I love about TG though - the cinematography (is it still called that on digital?) is seriously good for a TV show.
I'd love to visit Chernobyl. On my bucket list of ultimate places to photograph.
Quote from: MattNQ on May 07, 2014, 10:45:48 AM
Streetfire.net have all the current Top Gear season episodes. Only annoyance is they are in 10min blocks.
http://www.watchseries.to/ (http://www.watchseries.to/)
Quote from: Lost on May 07, 2014, 11:16:15 AM
http://www.watchseries.to/ (http://www.watchseries.to/)
Thanks Lost. Haven't seen that site before.
Might also be handy when I forget to record shows for the missus... ;D
I hate to say this because of the on going problems from the area, But I love looking at all the photos and reading about Chernobyl, just some thing about the place. I would love to go there on day....
Quote from: Red Dog 4x4 on May 07, 2014, 02:31:01 PM
I hate to say this because of the on going problems from the area, But I love looking at all the photos and reading about Chernobyl, just some thing about the place. I would love to go there on day....
Same. Would love to do a bit of a tour including some of the German prison camps and some of the WW2 stuff.
From memory the sarcophagus is cracking and will eventually fail. There are plans underway to place a new unit over the top of the old one.
Not just plans apparently, it is in progress http://thebulletin.org/chernobyl%E2%80%99s-sarcophagus-redux7140 (http://thebulletin.org/chernobyl%E2%80%99s-sarcophagus-redux7140)
This mob do tours
http://www.chernobylwel.com/ (http://www.chernobylwel.com/)
Havent the animals adapted very well though? Remove man from the equation (even with a shedload of radiation left behind) and other species profit.
Quote from: DogsbreakfastHavent the animals adapted very well though? Remove man from the equation (even with a shedload of radiation left behind) and other species profit.
agree.. theres been a few amazing doco's on it in recent years too. Fascinating place..
I'd do it on the bike, but the wolves would worry me
Quote from: db on May 07, 2014, 06:44:58 PM
Not just plans apparently, it is in progress http://thebulletin.org/chernobyl%E2%80%99s-sarcophagus-redux7140 (http://thebulletin.org/chernobyl%E2%80%99s-sarcophagus-redux7140)
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/apr/24/chernobyl-arch-faces-265m-funding-gap-ahead-of-disasters-29th-anniversary (http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/apr/24/chernobyl-arch-faces-265m-funding-gap-ahead-of-disasters-29th-anniversary)
This may have some good info. I only watched one episode but wished I'd caught more of them. http://www.sbs.com.au/programs/uranium (http://www.sbs.com.au/programs/uranium)
Lil :)
Quote from: lilstookie on November 18, 2015, 11:19:11 PM
This may have some good info. I only watched one episode but wished I'd caught more of them. http://www.sbs.com.au/programs/uranium (http://www.sbs.com.au/programs/uranium)
Lil :)
Just finished watching Ep3.
It was fantastic.
Quote from: lilstookie on November 18, 2015, 11:19:11 PM
This may have some good info. I only watched one episode but wished I'd caught more of them. http://www.sbs.com.au/programs/uranium (http://www.sbs.com.au/programs/uranium)
Lil :)
That's the one I was thinking of. They visited Chernobyl in one episode. Went to the room the original firefighters took their clothes off in. Readings were off the scale. Very sad.
I loved the old couple who still lived on their farm in the exclusion zone. All the fallout went the other way so their land is relativley untouched.