• phoneymouse
    232·
    7 months ago7 months ago

    19,960 years left to go until it is habitable again

    • Zirconium
      51·
      7 months ago

      I bet I could live there and be fine. The pesky Russians might want to kick me out though

      • cygon
        140·
        7 months ago

        Pripyat and Chernobyl are in Ukraine :)

        There are (or were?) guided tours, but for a really good view of what it’s like there, I recommend Shiey’s Journey Across Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

        He’s a Lithuanian YouTuber and thrill-seeker who illegally went there and had to run from security at one point, too. He found lots of signs of other “Stalkers,” including a group in the flesh that invited him for dinner.

        • jaybone
          80·
          7 months ago

          I wonder if he was trying to say invading forces might want to kick him out.

      • SparrowRanjitScaur
        80·
        7 months ago7 months ago

        While the background radiation levels aren’t exceptionally dangerous and people do live in the exclusion zone, there are a large number of radioactive hotspots that could be extremely dangerous. They’re small pieces of the reactor core that were spread around by the explosion, and they’re extremely radioactive still. If you inhaled one or if you were to eat a plant or animal that had eaten/absorbed one it could do a significant amount of damage to you. Kyle Hill has some really good videos on this topic.

      • Io Sapsai 🌱
        80·
        7 months ago

        Kiyv oblast is not Russian last time I checked. The bears, wolves and workers might have a bone to pick with you though.