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Prypjat, an abandoned city near the Chernobyl disaster site, 1990

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Prypjat, an abandoned city near the Chernobyl disaster site, 1990

Image text:

Town sign of the city of Pripyat with the accident reactor in the background. Pripyat is the nearest town to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The city was evacuated only 36 hours after the reactor accident on 26.4.1986, the residents were left in the belief that they could soon return home. Today, the ghost town lies in the middle of the 30 km uninhabitable zone around the reactor.

Photographer:

Jürgen Wassmuth

Date:

01.01.1990

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31.12.1990

Location:

Ukraine

Image ID:

00136074

Dimensions:

2362px x 1615px

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No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo

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Jürgen Wassmuth/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Reacto accident in Chernobyl - Place of accident and after-effects

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Keywords:

disaster accident city Accident Chernobyl Chernobyl Disaster City Disaster Exclusion Zone Gau Incident Irradiated Leave Misfortune Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Reactor Pripyat Radioactive Radiation Restricted Area Svbd

Headline:

Prypjat, an abandoned city near the Chernobyl disaster site, 1990

Date:

01.01.1990

Photographer:

Jürgen Wassmuth

Image ID:

00136074