Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visitors stand outside the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure over the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at ...
Inspired by the popular TV series and a tourism initiative proposed by Ukraine's president, more tourists are visiting the Chernobyl exclusion zone than ever. Alongside the official guided tours, the ...
Visitors take pictures at a kindergarten in the abandoned village of Kopachi, near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Reuters CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — The success of a US television miniseries ...
An employee of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant walks in the control room of the destroyed 4th block of the plant on February 24, 2011, ahead of the 25th anniversary of the meltdown of reactor number ...
Camera? Check. Sunglasses? Check. And a Geiger counter? Check. For a growing number of thrill-seekers visiting Chernobyl’s radiation-contaminated lands the device is used to help navigate the site of ...
Locals say tourism is up 40 percent at Chernobyl since the HBO miniseries started airing. No one has been allowed to live in the area for decades since the nuclear disaster, but officials say ...
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine, June 4 (Reuters) - The success of a U.S. television miniseries examining the world's worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl has driven up the number of tourists wanting to see the ...