

and all the dogs were shot.Īfter 16 years the looters and vandals no longer visit. Over 1000 buses in a 12-mile nuclear traffic jam. The bare statistics are remarkable: 45,000 people evacuated in the three days after the accident. An eerily tranquil ghost town where nothing stirs except a rich population of birds amongst the trees. Today Pripyat is a place where no children play.

Spacious heated apartments with bathrooms and balconies were constructed in a woodland setting with wide tree-lined streets and boulevards, hotels and houses of culture, all banged up next to this prime example of Soviet technical wizardry, the “Reactor in the Park”. An object of envy for those unfortunates not working in this sparkling new technology. Purpose built for the new generation of atomic workers and their families. Pripyat is a large modern town in the lush green region of Pollisia in northern Ukraine.
