The little-known history of the Florida panther. The implication was that after a quick cleanup they would return home. 20 terms. Heres how paradise fought back. %%EOF currently over 300 pages on the site. it was not until 36 hours after the accident that the evacuation began, they were trying to burry the effected areas. Radiation in the area has damaged them. then while in the hospital he dies. In a postapocalyptic video game called S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Those who stay on the paved pathways, which officials cleaned, are much less likely to absorb harmful toxins. Most importantly, Steen says, Chernobyl tourists should avoid plant life, and especially the depths of the forests. By savvas learning company llc all rights reserved g - Course Hero answer choices a vast, quarantined wilderness that surrounds Chernobyl a jail a military base camp Question 2 120 seconds Q. : Shadow of Chernobyl, virtual visitors to the radioactive wonderland can identify the hot spots by their blue-white glow. My hotel room with its stark accommodations was like a set piece in a museum of life in Soviet times. The other diehards in the van had come for their own reasons. Isotopes of cesium, iodine, strontium, plutonium. at Nuclear Reactor Facilities (ORNL Report). many animals live in the area, but humans still cannot. They are leaving behind trash, rummaging through abandoned homes and buildings and, in Mousseaus experience, stealing his research equipment. The only 'safe' bet is usually a museum which, of course, has been designed with the intent to educate visitors without the threats they'd face when visiting active sites. Sensory Description: -Walking on broken glass. It was a SAFEty test that actually blew up, Why is the test that was performed on Chernobyl's reactors number 4 ironic? during a scheduled shutdown for routine maintenance, the night shift at Chernobyl's reactor number four was carrying out an important safety test and within forty seconds, a power surge severely overheated the reactor, rupturing some of the fuel assemblies and quickly setting off two explosions, objective (factual) or subjective (personal): everything about this place seems like science fiction, objective (factual) or subjective (personal): instead he fond forest and river, all this contaminated beauty, the author describes Chernobyl, with its forest, rivers, and abundance of wildlife, as beautiful. answer choices a vast, quarantined wilderness that surrounds Chernobyl a jail a military base camp Question 2 120 seconds Q. The following question has two parts. 0000006034 00000 n Dolls sprawling half dressed in cribs, gas masks hanging from treestableaux placed by visitors, here legally or otherwise, signifying a lost, quiet horror. These were the first of the macabre tributes we saw during our two days in the zone. Today some of the era's historic sites are open to visitorsa reminder of a time when two great powers were continuously on alert to wage nuclear war. She was dressed all in black with fur-lined boots, her long dark hair streaked with a flash of magenta. Want the full story? a. Pompeii, Antietam, Auschwitz, and Treblinkaall eerily quiet now. It depends. And that is what drew me, along with the wonder of seeing towns and a whole cityalmost 50,000 people lived in Pripyatthat had been abandoned in a rush, left to the devices of nature. Throughout the night firefighters and rescue crews confronted the immediate dangersflames, smoke, burning chunks of graphite. b. How abstract that must have seemed to the schoolkids before the evacuation began. "The Nuclear Tourist" Final Exam Questions. In a crazy way, Chernobyl felt like the safest place to be. a vast, quarantined wilderness that surrounds Chernobyl.