Map of radioactive contamination after Chernobyl. Why is the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant interesting?

(after the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters) an accident in which about 100 tons were released into the environment radioactive waste. An explosion followed, polluting a vast area.

Since then, many emergency situations involving emissions have occurred at the plant.

Siberian Chemical Plant, Seversk, Russia

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Test site, Semipalatinsk (Semey), Kazakhstan

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Western Mining and Chemical Combine, Mailuu-Suu city, Kyrgyzstan

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Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Pripyat city, Ukraine

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Urta-Bulak gas field, Uzbekistan

Aikhal village, Russia

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On August 24, 1978, 50 kilometers east of the village of Aikhal, as part of the Kraton-3 project, an underground explosion was carried out to study seismic activity. The power was 19 kilotons. As a result of these actions, a large radioactive release occurred to the surface. So big that the incident was recognized by the government. But there have been a lot of underground nuclear explosions in Yakutia. Elevated background levels are typical for many places even now.

Udachninsky mining and processing plant, Udachny city, Russia

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As part of the Crystal project, on October 2, 1974, an above-ground explosion with a capacity of 1.7 kilotons was carried out 2 kilometers from the city of Udachny. The goal was to create a dam for the Udachny mining and processing plant. Unfortunately, there was also a large release.

Pechora - Kama canal, Krasnovishersk city, Russia

On March 23, 1971, the Taiga project was carried out 100 kilometers north of the city of Krasnovishersk in the Cherdynsky district of the Perm region. As part of it, three charges of 5 kilotons each were detonated for the construction of the Pechora-Kama canal. Since the explosion was superficial, a release occurred. A large area was infected, where, however, people live today.

569th Coastal Technical Base, Andreeva Bay, Russia

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Test site "Globus-1", Galkino village, Russia

Here, in 1971, another peaceful underground explosion was carried out under the Globus-1 project. Again for the purpose of seismic sounding. Due to poor quality cementing of the wellbore to place the charge, substances were released into the atmosphere and into the Shacha River. This place is the closest officially recognized man-made contamination zone to Moscow.

Mine "Yunkom", Donetsk, Ukraine

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Gas condensate field, Krestishche village, Ukraine

Here was another unsuccessful experiment using nuclear explosion for peaceful purposes. More precisely, to eliminate a gas leak from the field, which could not be stopped for a whole year. The explosion was accompanied by a release, a characteristic mushroom and contamination of nearby areas. There are no official data on background radiation at that time or at the present time.

Totsky training ground, Buzuluk city, Russia

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Once upon a time, an experiment called “Snowball” was conducted at this test site - the first test of the influence of the consequences of a nuclear explosion on people. During the exercise, a Tu-4 bomber dropped a nuclear bomb with a yield of 38 kilotons of TNT. Approximately three hours after the explosion, 45 thousand military personnel were sent to the contaminated territory. Only a few of them are alive. Is the landfill decontaminated? at the moment- unknown.

More detailed list radioactive places can be found.

Accident on Chernobyl nuclear power plant happened more than 30 years ago. The destruction of the reactor led to a colossal release of radioactive substances into the environment. According to the official version, 31 people died in the first 3 months, and in subsequent years this figure approached a hundred. There is still some debate as to what caused the disaster. The consequences of what happened will be felt for many more decades, if not hundreds of years. After the accident, a 30-kilometer zone was established, from which almost the entire population was evacuated, and free movement was prohibited. This entire territory froze in 1986. Today we will look at 7 of the most interesting objects in Chernobyl zone alienation.

Today Pripyat is not such a “dead city” - excursions are regularly organized there, and stalkers walk around. Pripyat is considered a Soviet city-museum under open air. This abandoned place has retained the energy of the mid-80s, which attracts tourists from all over the world. We will look at some of the most interesting places of this city.

Hotel "Polesie" was once business card Pripyat. It is located in the city center, next to an amusement park, which is clearly visible from its windows, and from the observation deck the main city square and the no less famous Energetik Palace of Culture are clearly visible. Climbing onto the roof becomes more and more dangerous every year, since it has not been in the best condition for a long time, but visitors to the Zone are drawn to touch the huge letters that make up the name of the hotel.

The emergency response headquarters was set up in the hotel building. From the hotel roof the 4th power unit is clearly visible, so it was possible to correct the actions of the helicopters that were putting out the fire.

In some rooms there are dilapidated interior items. In general, looters did a good job in Pripyat at one time. They took out equipment, furniture, cut off batteries and took away everything that had at least some value, without even thinking that all this could cause great harm to health.

Paradoxically, even today the hotel receives tourists who, of course, do not come there to rent a room. They admire the views of Pripyat, get acquainted with the features of Soviet apartments and are amazed at the trees that grow through the floor.

This artificial reservoir was created to cool the station's reactors. The cooling pond is located on the site of an abandoned quarry, several small lakes and the old bed of the Pripyat River. The depth of this reservoir reaches 20 m. A dam divides it in the middle for better circulation of cold and warm water.

Today the cooling pond is located 6 meters above the level of the Pripyat River, and maintaining it in this condition is costly. Taking into account the fact that the station is no longer operating, the water level is gradually reduced, and over time the reservoir is completely planned to drain. This causes concern among many, because at the bottom there is a lot of debris from the reactor of the fourth power unit, highly active fuel elements and radiation dust. However negative consequences can be avoided if the gradual decrease in water level is correctly calculated so that the bare areas of the bottom have time to acquire vegetation that will prevent the rise of radioactive dust.

By the way, the Chernobyl NPP cooling pond is one of the largest artificial reservoirs in Europe.

The condition of the pond is constantly monitored in order to assess how its ecosystem has suffered from radiation exposure. Although the diversity of living creatures has decreased, it has not disappeared completely. Today, it is quite possible to catch a normal-looking fish in a pond, but it is not recommended to eat it.

DK Energetik

Let's return to the center of Pripyat. The main square of the city is overlooked by the Energetik Palace of Culture, which, along with the Polesie Hotel, is a must-see.

It is logical to assume that all the cultural activities of the city. Circles gathered here, concerts and performances were held, and discos were held in the evenings. The building had its own gym, library and cinema. DK was favorite place youth of Pripyat.

Today you can still find there the remains of the marble tiles that lined the building, stained glass windows and mosaics. Despite the destruction, the building still retains that famous spirit of the Soviet era.

City amusement park in Pripyat

Perhaps the most famous attraction of Pripyat is the city amusement park with its Ferris wheel. It is worth noting that this one of the most contaminated places in the city, but once upon a time in the park, enthusiastic children's voices were heard every now and then.

Cars, swings, carousels, boats and other attributes of the amusement park will never be used for their intended purpose, but among numerous tourists and stalkers they are popular as a kind of attraction.

Ferris wheel managed to become a symbol of the already deserted Pripyat. Interestingly, it was never put into operation. It was supposed to open on May 1, 1986, but 5 days before that there was an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant...

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Today, for a certain amount of money, you can visit the territory of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant itself. There you will see how it goes construction of the "Arch", which should cover the 4th power unit along with the old sarcophagus. In the power plant building itself, you can walk along the “golden corridor”, get acquainted with the reactor control panel, and also find out how the Chernobyl nuclear power plant worked in general. Regular excursions are limited only to tourists staying near the station.

The arch should cover the message of the 4th power unit

Of course, illegal travelers cannot penetrate into the heart of the Zone - everything is reliably guarded. However, the station and the “Arch” under construction are clearly visible from the high-rise buildings of Pripyat. Every self-respecting stalker is sure to capture a photo of the view of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

By the way, about 4,000 people now work at the station. They are engaged in the construction of the Arch and work on decommissioning power units.

Red forest

This area of ​​forest, located not far from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, during the accident took on the largest share of radioactive dust, which led to the death of trees and coloring of their foliage brown-red. It is noteworthy that the enzymes of the trees reacted with radiation, which is why a glow was observed in the forest at night. As part of the decontamination, the Red Forest was demolished and buried. Today the trees are growing again, of course, already having a normal color.

However, today there are young pines with signs of mutations. This can be expressed in excessive or, conversely, insufficient branching. Some trees, having reached the age of about 20 years, could not grow above 2 meters. The needles on pine trees can also look intricate: they can be elongated, shortened, or completely absent.

By the way, the remaining power units were still operating for some time. The last one was turned off in 2000.

An unpleasant feeling may arise from the burial grounds where the demolished trees were buried. Mounds and branches sticking out of the ground evoke unpleasant associations for many.

The remains of unburied trees are also of interest. Similar view clearly demonstrates how nature can suffer from human activity. This section is perhaps one of the saddest places in the Exclusion Zone.

Arc

The object is represented by a huge complex of antennas. This radar station performed the task of detecting intercontinental missile launches. ballistic missiles. Our military could see American missile, actually looking beyond the horizon. Hence the name "Arc". To ensure the operation of the complex, about 1000 people were needed, which is why a small town was organized for the military and their families. And so it arose object "Chernobyl-2". Before the accident, the installation was used for only a few years, and after that it was abandoned.

The radar antennas are of Soviet engineering. According to some reports, the construction of “Duga” cost twice as much as the creation of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Western countries were not happy with this installation. They constantly complained that she was interfering with work civil aviation. Interestingly, “Duga” created a characteristic knocking sound on the air, for which it was nicknamed “Russian Woodpecker.”

The height of the antennas reaches 150 m, and the length of the entire building is about 500 m. Due to its impressive size the installation is visible from almost anywhere in the Zone.

Nature is gradually destroying the buildings of the Chernobyl-2 facility. But the “Duga” itself will still stand for more than one year, unless, of course, the Ukrainian authorities (or some others) want to waste tons of contaminated metal, as happened with the fleet of vehicles that were involved in eliminating the consequences of the accident...

Many stalker-roofers, not afraid of the guards who patrol those places, climb as high as possible onto one of the antennas and capture Chernobyl landscapes in photos.

In the well-known series of games S.T.A.L.K.E.R. there is a so-called “Brain Burner” installation, with which “Arc” is associated, which further attracts adventurers.

Conclusion

The Chernobyl exclusion zone is undoubtedly a unique place on Earth, a kind of piece Soviet Union in the 21st century. It is very sad that the city of Pripyat was thoroughly plundered by looters - they could have at least left the finishing intact, but no - they even pulled out the wiring. However, it is important for today's generation to view the Zone not as a tourist attraction or a place where you can see places from the games, but as a reminder that our scientific achievements can leave scars on Earth that will take centuries to heal.

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Nuclear power plants

Currently, there are 10 nuclear power plants in operation in Russia and two more are under construction (Baltic NPP in Kaliningrad region and the floating nuclear power plant "Akademik Lomonosov" in Chukotka). You can read more about them on the official website of Rosenergoatom.

At the same time, nuclear power plants in space former USSR cannot be considered numerous. As of 2017, 191 nuclear power plants are operating in the world, including 60 in the USA, 58 in European Union and Switzerland and 21 in China and India. In close proximity to the Russian Far East 16 Japanese and 6 South Korean nuclear power plants operate. The entire list of operating, under construction and closed nuclear power plants, indicating their exact location and technical characteristics, can be found on Wikipedia.

Nuclear factories and research institutes

Radiation hazardous objects (RHO), in addition to nuclear power plants, are enterprises and scientific organizations nuclear industry and ship repair yards specializing in the nuclear fleet.

Official information on radioactive waste in the regions of Russia is on the website of Roshydromet, as well as in the yearbook “Radiation situation in Russia and neighboring states” on the website of the NPO Typhoon.

Radioactive waste

Low and medium level radioactive waste is generated in industry, as well as in scientific and medical organizations all over the country.

In Russia, their collection, transportation, processing and storage are carried out by Rosatom subsidiaries - RosRAO and Radon (in the Central region).

In addition, RosRAO is engaged in the disposal of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel from decommissioned nuclear submarines and naval ships, as well as the environmental rehabilitation of contaminated areas and radiation-hazardous sites (such as the former uranium processing plant in Kirovo-Chepetsk).

Information about their work in each region can be found in environmental reports published on the websites of Rosatom, branches of RosRAO, and the Radon enterprise.

Military nuclear facilities

Among military nuclear facilities, the most environmentally dangerous are, apparently, nuclear submarines.

Nuclear submarines (NPS) are so called because they run on atomic energy, which powers the boat's engines. Some of the nuclear submarines also carry missiles with nuclear warheads. However, known from open sources major accidents on nuclear submarines were associated with the operation of reactors or other causes (collision, fire, etc.), and not with nuclear warheads.

Atomic power plants They are also found on some surface ships of the Navy, such as the nuclear-powered cruiser Pyotr Velikiy. They also pose some environmental risks.

Information on the locations of nuclear submarines and nuclear ships of the Navy is shown on the map based on open source data.

The second type of military nuclear facilities are units of the Strategic Missile Forces armed with ballistic missiles. nuclear missiles. No cases of radiation accidents associated with nuclear ammunition have been found in open sources. The current location of Strategic Missile Forces formations is shown on the map according to information from the Ministry of Defense.

There are no storage facilities for nuclear weapons (missile warheads and aerial bombs) on the map, which can also pose an environmental threat.

Nuclear explosions

In 1949-1990, the USSR carried out an extensive program of 715 nuclear explosions for military and industrial purposes.

Atmospheric nuclear weapons testing

From 1949 to 1962 The USSR carried out 214 tests in the atmosphere, including 32 ground tests (with the greatest pollution environment), 177 air, 1 high-altitude (at an altitude of more than 7 km) and 4 space.

In 1963, the USSR and the USA signed a treaty banning nuclear tests in air, water and space.

Semipalatinsk test site (Kazakhstan)- site of testing of the first Soviet nuclear bomb in 1949 and the first Soviet prototype thermonuclear bombs s with a capacity of 1.6 Mt in 1957 (it was also the largest test in the history of the test site). A total of 116 atmospheric tests were carried out here, including 30 ground and 86 air tests.

Test site on Novaya Zemlya- the site of an unprecedented series of super-powerful explosions in 1958 and 1961-1962. A total of 85 charges were tested, including the most powerful in world history - the Tsar Bomba with a capacity of 50 Mt (1961). For comparison, the power of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima did not exceed 20 kilotons. In addition, in Chernaya Bay of the Novaya Zemlya test site, damaging factors nuclear explosion on naval facilities. For this, in 1955-1962. 1 ground, 2 surface and 3 underwater tests were carried out.

Missile test training ground "Kapustin Yar" V Astrakhan region- active test site Russian army. In 1957-1962. 5 air, 1 high-altitude and 4 space rocket tests were carried out here. The maximum power of air explosions was 40 kt, high-altitude and space explosions - 300 kt. From here, in 1956, a rocket with a nuclear charge of 0.3 kt was launched, which fell and exploded in the Karakum Desert near the city of Aralsk.

On Totsky training ground in 1954, military exercises were held, during which it was dropped atomic bomb power 40 kt. After the explosion, the military units had to “take” the bombed objects.

Besides the USSR, only China has carried out nuclear tests in the atmosphere in Eurasia. For this purpose, the Lopnor training ground was used in the north-west of the country, approximately at the longitude of Novosibirsk. In total, from 1964 to 1980. China has carried out 22 ground and air tests, including thermonuclear explosions with a yield of up to 4 Mt.

Underground nuclear explosions

The USSR carried out underground nuclear explosions from 1961 to 1990. Initially they were aimed at developing nuclear weapons due to the ban on testing in the atmosphere. Since 1967, the creation of nuclear explosive technologies for industrial purposes began.

In total, of the 496 underground explosions, 340 were carried out at the Semipalatinsk test site and 39 at Novaya Zemlya. Tests on Novaya Zemlya in 1964-1975. were different high power, including a record (about 4 Mt) underground explosion in 1973. After 1976, the power did not exceed 150 kt. The last nuclear explosion at the Semipalatinsk test site was carried out in 1989, and at Novaya Zemlya in 1990.

Training ground "Azgir" in Kazakhstan (near the Russian city of Orenburg) it was used to test industrial technologies. With the help of nuclear explosions, cavities were created in the layers here rock salt, and with repeated explosions, radioactive isotopes were produced in them. A total of 17 explosions with a power of up to 100 kt were carried out.

Outside the ranges in 1965-1988. 100 underground nuclear explosions were carried out for industrial purposes, including 80 in Russia, 15 in Kazakhstan, 2 each in Uzbekistan and Ukraine, and 1 in Turkmenistan. Their goal was deep seismic sounding to search for minerals, creating underground cavities for storage natural gas And industrial waste, intensification of oil and gas production, moving large amounts of soil for the construction of canals and dams, extinguishing gas fountains.

Other countries. China carried out 23 underground nuclear explosions at the Lop Nor test site in 1969-1996, India - 6 explosions in 1974 and 1998, Pakistan - 6 explosions in 1998, North Korea - 5 explosions in 2006-2016.

The US, UK and France conducted all their testing outside of Eurasia.

Literature

Much data about nuclear explosions in the USSR is open.

Official information about the power, purpose and geography of each explosion was published in 2000 in the book of a group of authors of the Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy “Nuclear Tests of the USSR”. It also provides a history and description of the Semipalatinsk and Novaya Zemlya test sites, the first tests of nuclear and thermonuclear bombs, the Tsar Bomba test, the nuclear explosion at the Totsk test site and other data.

A detailed description of the test site on Novaya Zemlya and the testing program at it can be found in the article “Review of Soviet nuclear tests on Novaya Zemlya in 1955-1990”, and their environmental consequences- in the book "

List of nuclear facilities compiled in 1998 by Itogi magazine, on the Kulichki.com website.

Estimated location of various objects on interactive maps

After the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the Bryansk, Tula, Oryol and Kaluga regions were exposed to radionuclide contamination in Russia. These areas are adjacent to northern border Ukraine and are located at a distance of 100–550 km from the source of the release of radioactive substances. To inform the public and population living in contaminated areas, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations has prepared an Atlas of current and forecast aspects of the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in the affected territories of Russia and Belarus. This Atlas contains a set of maps that display the spatial features of radionuclide contamination of Russian territory both in the past - in 1986, and current state. Scientists have also prepared forecast levels of pollution in Russia in 10-year increments until 2056.

Map of radioactive fallout contamination in Europe since 1986

Contamination of Russian territory with radionuclides in the 70s and 80s

In 1986, in some contaminated areas Russian Federation the population was evacuated. A total of 186 people were evacuated (in Ukraine, 113,000 people were evacuated from the radioactive contamination zone, in Belarus - 24,725 people).
Large-scale decontamination (cleanup) work was carried out in contaminated areas settlements and adjacent areas (roads). During the period from 1986 to 1987, 472 settlements were decontaminated in Russia Bryansk region(western regions). Decontamination was carried out by the army, which washed buildings, cleaned residential areas, removed the top layer of contaminated soil, disinfected drinking water supplies, and cleaned roads. Army units carried out systematic dust suppression work - moistening roads in populated areas. By 1989, the radiation situation in contaminated areas had significantly improved and stabilized.

Pollution of Russian territory today

When preparing maps of modern contamination of Russian territory with radionuclides, scientists carried out comprehensive studies, which included an assessment of the distribution of cesium-137, strontium-90 and transuranium elements along the soil profile. It was found that radioactive substances were still contained in the upper 0-20 cm layer of soil. Thus, radionuclides are located in the root layer and are involved in biological chains migration.
The maximum levels of contamination of Russian territory with strontium-90 and plutonium-239,240 of Chernobyl origin are located in the western part of the Bryansk region - where contamination levels for 90Sr are about 0.5 Curie/sq.km, and 239, 240Pu - 0.01 - 0.1 Curie /sq.km.

Map of contamination of the Bryansk, Kaluga, Oryol and Tula regions with strontium-90.

Map of contamination of the Bryansk region with plutonium 239, 240

Maps of Russian 137 Cs contamination of Chernobyl origin

Maps of 137 Cs pollution in the Bryansk region

The Bryansk region is the most unfavorable in terms of radiation. Western districts of the region for a long time will be contaminated with cesium radioisotopes. According to forecast estimates in 2016, in the area of ​​the settlements of Novozybkov and Zlynka, the levels of surface contamination of cesium-137 will reach 40 Curies per square kilometer.

Map of contamination of the Bryansk region with cesium-137 (as of 1986)

Map of contamination of the Bryansk region with cesium-137 (as of 1996)

Map of pollution in the Bryansk region (as of 2006)

Map of predicted pollution of the Bryansk region (as of 2016)

Map of forecast pollution of the Bryansk region (as of 2026)

Map of predicted pollution of the Bryansk region in 2056.

Maps of 137 Cs pollution in the Oryol region

1986

Map of cesium-137 contamination of the territory Oryol region V 1996 year.

Map of cesium-137 contamination of the Oryol region in 2006 year.

2016 year.

Map of predicted cesium-137 contamination of the Oryol region in 2026 year.

Map of predicted cesium-137 contamination of the Oryol region in 2056 year.

Maps of 137 Cs pollution in the Tula region

1986 year

Map of cesium-137 contamination of the territory Tula region V 1996 year

Map of cesium-137 contamination of the Tula region in 2006 year

Map of predicted cesium-137 contamination of the Tula region in 2016 year

2026 year

Forecast map of cesium-137 contamination of the Tula region in 2056 year

Maps of 137 Cs pollution in the Kaluga region

137Cs pollution map Kaluga region in 1986

Map of 137Cs pollution in the Kaluga region in 1996

Map of 137Cs pollution in the Kaluga region in 2006

2016 year

Map of predicted 137Cs pollution in the Kaluga region 2026 year

Map of predicted 137Cs pollution in the Kaluga region 2056 year

The material was prepared on the basis of the Atlas of modern and forecast aspects of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the affected territories of Russia and Belarus, edited by academician Russian Academy Sciences Yu.A.Izrael and Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus I.M. Bogdevich. 2009

On the anniversary of the Chernobyl accident, everyone usually writes about the accident itself, the liquidators, and shows creepy footage where even the old Soviet film shows the effects of radiation. Sometimes they cover in detail life in contaminated areas or talk about the adventures of stalkers in the “Exclusion Zone”.

cause artificial rains directly on the heads of Belarusians. We are publishing for you a specialized investigative article from open sources, which shows that Moscow and I have a lot to pay off.

Chernobyl Rain on the heads of Belarusians

For twenty years, the authorities of the USSR, and then Russia, hid the monstrous crime they committed against Belarusians. The scandal broke out only in 2007, when stunning details of the events of 1986 became clear. On April 23, 2007, the British newspaper “ Daily Telegraph" published an article by Richard Gray " ". Here are the main points from this article:

‘How we made the Chernobyl rain’

Russian military pilots described how they cleared clouds to protect Moscow from radioactive fallout after nuclear disaster in Chernobyl in 1986.

Major Alexey Grushin took to the skies over Chernobyl and Belarus several times, where he used silver iodide projectiles to rain radioactive particles flying towards densely populated cities.

More than 4 thousand square miles of Belarusian territory were sacrificed to save the Russian capital from toxic radioactive materials.

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Immediately after the Chernobyl disaster nuclear reactor Residents of Belarus reported that black rain fell in the area of ​​the city of Gomel. Shortly before this, planes were visible in the sky, circling above the clouds and dropping some multi-colored substances over them.

Briton Alan Flowers, the first Western scientist allowed to travel to the area to measure radioactive emissions from the Chernobyl area, says the fallout exposed the population of Belarus to 20 to 30 times the permissible level of radiation. Children were severely affected by radiation.

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Moscow has always denied that the rainfall occurred after the accident, but on the 20th anniversary of the disaster (2006 - editor's note), Major Grushin was among those who received a state award. He claims to have received an award for flying rain missions during the Chernobyl cleanup.

How exactly did they make it rain?

After this article, the question may arise - how can you actually make it rain? The meaning of the technology is quite simple: the concentration of moisture particles in a cloud leads to the appearance of precipitation, while dispersal leads to the impossibility of their formation. If you want to prevent rain, you should disperse the moisture in the cloud - all you need to do is fly through it on an airplane several times. But if you want to cause rain, then to do this you need to cause moisture condensation, for which silver vapor (dust) is very suitable, provoking the formation of raindrops. This method was successfully used in the USA back in the 18th century, when fires were lit, the smoke of which contained tiny particles of silver.

Laboratory aircraft still fly in the Russian Federation

Therefore, it is completely clear that when we're talking about about spraying silver nitrate, then this means only making rain.

Criminal confessions

In 2006, an appendix to “ Rossiyskaya newspaper""The Week" published an article " Chernobyl "Cyclone"» » by journalist Igor Elkov with the subtitle “20 years ago Moscow could have been covered radioactive cloud" Here's the article in full:

"Chernobyl Cyclone"

“Official sources report extremely sparingly about the Cyclone unit. Reading historical information: “In the early 70s in the USSR, as part of the creation of meteorological laboratories, it was decided to convert Tu-16 bombers. The Tu-16 Cyclone-N aircraft were intended to actively influence clouds, as well as to study the thermodynamic parameters of the atmosphere. In 1986, the Tu-16 Cyclone-N aircraft took part in the liquidation of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.”

Long-range bomber Tu-16

Actually, this is all that can be found out from open sources. " Participated“...And how did you take it? And, in fact, why were bombers needed in Chernobyl?

« — This complex consisted of 940 50-mm caliber barrels. Equipped with special cartridges, stuffed with silver iodide. To make it easier for you to imagine the effectiveness of this system, I will say that one cartridge was enough to make a “hole” in the clouds with a radius of one and a half kilometers (a cloud of one and a half kilometers instantly fell as rain on the ground, clearing itself of moisture).«

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The pilot talks about the work casually, like flights for meteorological experiments: the birth of a cyclone is recorded, the departure command, measurements, tacks, active influence. In form, these flights were not much different from routine ones. Only this time they flew towards radioactive cyclones. Where exactly did the “impact” on the clouds occur? Let's just say: not everything in this story has been declassified yet. Someday we'll find out. But the expansion of infection foci was stopped.”

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“The detachment was disbanded in 1992. By that time, the “Chernobyl” bomber had flown out its life and was “lay up” in Chkalovsky. The local Greenpeace found out about the “radioactive” plane from somewhere. According to legend, the “greens” arrived at the airfield, made their way to the commander, and started a scandal. After that, the “carcass” was disposed of.”

Conclusions

Thus, the participants in calling deadly rains themselves openly admitted that the leadership of the USSR decided to deliberately destroy thousands and thousands of lives of Belarusians. And no compensation, apology or medical care then we didn't wait. It is worth noting that later in 2007 Putin awarded the members of the “Cyclone” detachment, who brought death to Belarusians, with the Order of Dmitry Donskoy. And our country is now choking on an epidemic of cancer, relying only on itself.

The article was written based on materials from the publications: The Daily Telegraph, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, BBC, Secret Research.

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On the anniversary of the Chernobyl accident, everyone usually writes about the accident itself, the liquidators, and shows creepy footage where even on film one can see the effects of radiation. Sometimes they cover in detail life in contaminated areas or talk about groups of stalkers in the Exclusion Zone.

But everyone is silent about one thing terrible fact, which is no less terrible than the silence of the Soviet leadership in the first days of the accident. The point is that radiation clouds at the end of April 1986 were moving towards Moscow. But the Soviet leadership decided to cause artificial rains directly on the heads of Belarusians. We are publishing for you a specialized article that shows that Moscow and I have a lot to reckon with.

BLACK RAIN OF CHERNOBYL

Judging by the statements of the Russian military, for twenty years the authorities of the USSR and then Russia hid the monstrous crime they committed against Belarusians. The scandal broke out only in 2007, when stunning details of the events of 1986 became clear.
On April 23, 2007, the British newspaper “ Daily Telegraph" published an article by Richard Gray " How we caused Chernobyl rain". Here are excerpts from this shocking publication:

« Russian military pilots have described how they cleared clouds to protect Moscow from radioactive fallout after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Major Alexey Grushin took to the skies over Chernobyl and Belarus several times, where he used silver iodide projectiles to rain radioactive particles flying towards densely populated cities.

Rainmaking experiments have been in development since the mid-1940s

More than 4 thousand square miles of Belarusian territory were sacrificed to save the Russian capital from toxic radioactive materials.
“The wind blew from west to east, and radioactive clouds threatened to reach densely populated areas - Moscow, Voronezh, Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslavl“,” he said in documentary film called The Science of a Superstorm, which will be shown on BBC2 today.

« If rain fell over these cities, it would be catastrophic for millions. The area where my squad was actively collecting clouds was located near Chernobyl, not only in a 30-kilometer zone, but at a distance of 50, 70 and even 100 km«.

Immediately after the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, residents of Belarus reported that black rain fell in the area of ​​​​the city of Gomel. Shortly before this, planes were visible in the sky, circling above the clouds and dropping some multi-colored substances over them.

Briton Alan Flowers, the first Western scientist allowed to travel to the area to measure radioactive emissions in the Chernobyl area, says that as a result of the fallout, the population of Belarus was exposed to 20-30 times more radiation than permissible. Children were severely affected by radiation.

Flowers was expelled from Belarus in 2004 after claiming that Russia had caused radioactive rain. He states: “Local residents say they were not warned before the torrential rain and radioactive fallout began.«.

A small child with cancer

We have already talked in detail about weather control mechanisms in a number of our publications. The meaning is simple: the concentration of moisture particles in a cloud leads to the appearance of precipitation, while dispersal leads to the impossibility of their formation. If you want to prevent rain, then you should disperse the moisture in the cloud - to do this, it is enough to fly through it several times on an airplane or have some other impact (explosions, etc.). But if you want to cause rain, then to do this you need to cause moisture condensation, for which silver vapor (dust) is very suitable, provoking the formation of raindrops. This method was successfully used in the USA back in the 18th century, when fires were lit, the smoke of which contained tiny particles of silver.

Therefore, it is completely clear that when it comes to spraying silver nitrate, this means ONLY making rain.

A cloud of hot dust, raised by the fire of an atomic fire to a monstrous height, could remain in the air indefinitely in clear weather. But the whole problem was that the trajectory of this cloud pointed towards Moscow. And the problem was aggravated by the fact that as he approached Moscow, the weather was not clear - there was a thunderstorm front. Specialists (and even non-specialists) were obliged to understand that it was there, in this thunderstorm front in front of Moscow and above Moscow, that this dust cloud should be washed to the ground by precipitation.

Decontamination of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

In 1986, there were two weather control services in the USSR - civilian and military. The fact that the dispersal of clouds over Belarus was not carried out by the civil service, but rather by the military, already shows that the action was secret and not subject to publicity.

Criminal confessions

Supplement to the “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” “Week” (No. 4049 of April 21, 2006) published the article “ Chernobyl "Cyclone"»» by journalist Igor Elkov with the subtitle “20 years ago, a radioactive cloud could have covered Moscow.” It wrote:

« Official sources report extremely sparingly about the Cyclone unit. We read the historical information: “In the early 70s in the USSR, as part of the creation of meteorological laboratories, it was decided to convert Tu-16 bombers. The Tu-16 Cyclone-N aircraft were intended to actively influence clouds, as well as to study the thermodynamic parameters of the atmosphere. In 1986, the Tu-16 Cyclone-N aircraft took part in the liquidation of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.«.

Long-range bomber Tu-16

Actually, this is all that can be found out from open sources. “Took part”... And how did he take part? And, in fact, why were bombers needed in Chernobyl?

Densely populated areas were under the threat of radioactive contamination: from the Caspian Sea to Moscow, including the capital itself. Something had to be done. And do it very urgently. Helicopters could not “stop” the radioactive wind. For these purposes, it was decided to use special bombers of the Cyclone detachment.

Officially, the Tu-16 “Cyclone” was called a weather laboratory. Although it would be more logical to call this aircraft a meteorological bomber. Both the machine and the operating conditions were unique. Tu-16 in its own, so to speak, everyday life known in the world under the name Badger - “Badger”. This is the first Soviet serial long-range bomber with swept wings. For its time, "Badger" was a serious "beast": it carried nuclear bombs and missiles, armed with seven cannons, reached speeds of up to 990 km/h and had a service ceiling of about 12 thousand meters. The civilian version of the bomber is known to the world as the Tu-104 airliner.

An example of a weather laboratory aircraft

Some of the artillery was removed from the aircraft, and a so-called cluster holder complex for special equipment was placed in the bomb bay:
« — This complex consisted of 940 50-mm caliber barrels. It was equipped with special cartridges filled with silver iodide. To make it easier for you to imagine the effectiveness of this system, I will say that one cartridge was enough to make a “hole” in the clouds with a radius of one and a half kilometers (a cloud of one and a half kilometers instantly fell as rain on the ground, clearing itself of moisture).«

Special meteorological bombs were developed, but for some reason they were abandoned. But on beam holders under the wing of the Tu-16, containers for spraying 600 grade cement were suspended.

« But it could be called cement,” the former pilot continues the story. " The substance was actually also a chemical reagent. Cement, like silver iodide cartridges, was intended to disperse clouds (instantaneous precipitation).«

“The work was backbreaking. On average we flew two to three times a week. Each flight lasted about six hours. And, as a rule, in the stratosphere, that is, wearing masks. The crew breathed a mixture half of pure oxygen. After such a six-hour “oxygen cocktail,” according to the pilots, on the ground everyone drank a bucket of water - and could not get drunk.«

Both crews of the Cyclone detachment flew to fight the “Chernobyl clouds”, but always on the same Tu-16.
The pilot talks about the work casually, like flights for meteorological experiments: the birth of a cyclone is recorded, the departure command, measurements, tacks, active influence. In form, these flights were not much different from routine ones. Only this time they flew towards radioactive cyclones.
Where exactly did the “impact” on the clouds occur? Let's just say: not everything in this story has been declassified yet. Someday we'll find out. But the expansion of infection foci was stopped.”

The territory of Belarus contaminated with radionuclides

As a result, through the efforts of the crews of this “Cyclone” detachment, in the first days after the disaster, 2/3 of the radiation was dumped into Belarus and not allowed to reach Moscow.

« The battle of our “Cyclone” with “nuclear” cyclones stopped in December 1986, after the first snow fell and covered the radioactive dust. At that time, in our youth, we were frivolous about radiation and exposure. After all, no one really explained to us how to handle dosimeters, how to record exposure. First time serious attitude We encountered this problem at the Belaya Tserkov airfield. This happened almost a year after the disaster, in April 1987. I have already told you how we were greeted there and how technicians with dosimeters ran away from our plane. I don’t know what their instruments showed, but they flatly refused to accept pistols and parachutes from us at this airfield. At first they didn’t even want to put the crew in a hotel. Then they settled in, but they allocated a separate wing, from which everyone immediately left. The plane was washed from morning to evening for about two weeks. Looks like it's been washed.«

« The detachment was disbanded in 1992. By that time, the “Chernobyl” bomber had flown out its life and was “lay up” in Chkalovsky. The local Greenpeace found out about the “radioactive” plane from somewhere. According to legend, the “greens” arrived at the airfield, made their way to the commander, and started a scandal. After this, the “carcass” was disposed of.«

Thus, the leadership of the RSFSR decided that the main gifts from Chernobyl should go to the BSSR. And we didn’t receive any compensation, apology or help. It is worth noting that later in 2007 Putin awarded the members of the “Cyclone” detachment, who brought death to Belarusians, with the Orthodox Order of Dmitry Donskoy. But our country is now suffering from many cancers, relying only on itself.