The Ukrainian Atomic Energy Ministry also declared this evening that there are no longer any outsiders on the land surrounding the power station, according to workers from the plant.
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Troops are taken to a Belarus hospital after driving in the dangerous Red Forest which is so radioactive it is off-limits even to exclusion zone employees.
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How the video game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. inspired a wave of real-world Chernobyl tourists
A virtual world leads to IRL excursions Illustration by Alex Castro
At the entrance to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine, 35 years on from the worst nuclear disaster in history, a yellow souvenir van sells T-shirts, key rings, and glow-in-the-dark “Chernobyl condoms,” all branded with gas mask symbols or stylized radiation warning signs.
They sell hot dogs and coffee. There’s “Chernobyl ice cream,” advertised by colorful signs reminiscent of the Raygun Gothic style of atomic-era Americana. As I join the other tourists and queue for a coffee, speakers play “I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire” by The Ink Spots, a track lifted straight from the soundtrack of