Chernobyl Uncensored - Documentary

The Chernobyl disaster (Ukrainian: Чорнобильська катастрофа, Chornobylska Katastrofa -- Chornobyl Catastrophe) was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian SSR), which was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities of the Soviet Union. An explosion and fire released large quantities of radioactive particles into the atmosphere, which spread over much of Western USSR and Europe.

The Chernobyl disaster is widely considered to have been the worst nuclear power plant accident in history, and is one of only two classified as a level 7 event on the International Nuclear Event Scale (the other being the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011). The battle to contain the contamination and avert a greater catastrophe ultimately involved over 500,000 workers and cost an estimated 18 billion rubles. The official Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been disputed, and long-term effects such as cancers and deformities are still being accounted for.

Inside Chernobyl - Documentary

What's it like inside the zone around the Chernobyl accident?  This documentary takes a trip to the actual sites, and shows radiation readings using a geiger counter.  Trips are fairly easy to arrange, through a company called Solo-East, and travelers don't even have to wear special equipment.

The film-maker even meets with some "resettlers" who have moved back to land near the Chernobyl reactor complex.  They also take a trip to Pripyat, the city near the reactor site that was primarily for workers at the plant.  It is an abandoned city where nature is taking it back.




Inside Chernobyl - Directors Cut (2012) from Adrian Musto on Vimeo.