Title

Belorussia, gomel region, december 14, 2000, a view of the 'ghost town' of solnechny, in the bragin district, one of the most affected by the chernobyl nps disaster, the town is in 20 kilometres distance from the chernobyl nuclear power plant, which was the site of a catastrophy on april 26, 1986, when a power unit exploded and radioactive contamination of a vast area followed the explosion, since that time solnechny has been completely abandoned, all the people are settled out.

Caption

Belorussia, gomel region, december 14, 2000, a view of the 'ghost town' of solnechny, in the bragin district, one of the most affected by the chernobyl nps disaster, the town is in 20 kilometres distance from the chernobyl nuclear power plant, which was the site of a catastrophy on april 26, 1986, when a power unit exploded and radioactive contamination of a vast area followed the explosion, since that time solnechny has been completely abandoned, all the people are settled out.

Date

Dec 14, 2000

Credit line

Photo12/Sovfoto/UIG

Reference

UMG20B07_222

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

8,3Mb (1,3Mb) / 4,7in x 6,8in / 1414 x 2048 (300dpi)

Keywords

energy radiation warning Chernobyl evacuated abandoned disaster meltdown radioactive radioactivity atomic nuclear accident nuclear accident Belarus Belorussia Byelorussia

Restrictions

Editorial use only.