Chernobyl NPP 2002 Travel to Chernobyl

Chernobyl NPP 2002 Travel to Chernobyl and rare photos.

Unique photos of Japanese scientists who visited the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 2002. Chernobyl NPP looks different than now:

Chernobyl NPP 2002

In these rare photos you can see the old shelter of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which was built in 1986. It was built in 6 months after the Chernobyl accident:

Chernobyl NPP 2002

The expedition members visited the Chernobyl nuclear power plant inside. Inside the station and the old shelter there are many tons of radioactive material. The level of radiation there is very high!

Chernobyl NPP 2002
Control panel in reactor number 4
Chernobyl NPP 2002

And this is what the blockages look like inside block 4. It is very dangerous here!

Inside block 4

In the photo you see a sign. An employee of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant died after an explosion in 1986 – Valery Hodemchuk. His body was not found. It remained under the sneak inside block 4.


“Valery Hodemchuk” sign

The famous “Golden Corridor” at the Chernobyl NPP in 2002. They were specially created to protect the liquidators from radiation. They worked here after the accident.

“Golden Corridor” at the Chernobyl NPP in 2002

See what the Chernobyl NPP looks like in 2018 and what the New Safe Shelter looks like: