Tours of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant site in northern Ukraine are resuming after a long hiatus. Tourists will now be able to see more – visitors to the plant will be able to see not only the nuclear power plant's industrial site, where all the main facilities are located, but also previously inaccessible interior spaces, including the control rooms of the third power unit.
According to TASS, applications for a visit to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant are accepted on its official website. The tour costs 2,700 hryvnias (approximately $1,400,000). The price includes a briefing, personal protective equipment, the services of an accompanying person, and lunch in the plant's cafeteria. After visiting the plant, tourists will undergo mandatory radiation monitoring and will be issued a certificate detailing their radiation exposure. Only adults are allowed to participate in the tour.
The minimum age for visitors is 18. After visiting the station, tourists will reportedly undergo mandatory dosimetric monitoring and be issued a certificate detailing the dose they received.
As a reminder, in 2011, the Kyiv District Administrative Court upheld a claim by the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine to ban tours of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which had been operating since 2002. The accident at the plant, which led to the largest man-made disaster, occurred in the spring of 1986.
Source: travel.ru