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The Red Forest (Ukrainian: Рудий ліс, romanized: Rudyi Lis, Russian: Рыжий лес, romanized: Ryzhiy Les, lit. ' ginger-colour forest ') is the ten-square-kilometre (4 sq mi) area surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant within the Exclusion Zone, located in Polesia.
The power plant, Pripyat, Red Forest, Kupsta Lake and the Duga Radar have all been recreated, so players can also go on a sightseeing tour from the truck. [130] The survival horror video game Chernobylite by The Farm 51 is set in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
After the disaster, four square kilometres (1.5 sq mi) of pine forest directly downwind of the reactor turned reddish-brown and died, earning the name "Red Forest". [166] Some animals in the worst-hit areas also died or stopped reproducing.
Bahasa Indonesia; Italiano; ... Pages in category "Chernobyl Exclusion Zone" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. ... Red Forest; S. Samosely;
A security checkpoint in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, 2010. The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 released large quantities of radioactive material from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant into the surrounding environment. [9] The area in a 30 kilometres (19 mi) radius surrounding the exploded reactor was evacuated and sealed off by Soviet authorities.
The forest is so named because in the days following the disaster the trees appeared to have a deep red hue as they died because of extremely heavy radioactive fallout. In the post-disaster cleanup operations, a majority of the 10 km 2 forest was bulldozed and buried. The site of the Red Forest remains one of the most contaminated areas in the ...
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces subsequently captured Chernobyl. [57] While there is an increase in radiation in the area, this is due to Russian forces disturbing the soil in the Red Forest and releasing radioactive dust and not from the reactor 4 itself. [58] The New Safe Confinement is reportedly unharmed. [59] March ...
The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophic nuclear disaster that occurred in the early hours of 26 April 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine.The accident occurred when Reactor Number 4 exploded and destroyed most of the reactor building, spreading debris and radioactive material across the surrounding area, and over the following days and weeks, most of mainland Europe ...