Chernobyl now: ’I was not afraid of radiation’ – a photo essay | Environment | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/07/chernobyl-now-i-was-not-afraid-of-radiation-a-photo-essay
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8873510166a83a1b7613044641fa0dea51b1f332/145_577_3819_2291/master/3819.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&s=eaf6bd289fb40f3ed1def67f0b3f69a4 
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e8758d54249d630127b6e3ce81ba64f189527fa0/0_0_4000_3000/master/4000.jpg?width=1920&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=33b95d00e357c28f2165154bd6be5695 I arrived in Ukraine on the eve of the 32nd anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. I had not intended for it to be the focus of my time in Kyiv, but leading up to my departure it became an obsession. My arrival in Kyiv on 25 April 2018 was maybe happenstance of planning but I was impelled to head straight from the airport to Slavutych. This was the town built to replace Pripyat and host the evacuated personnel of the Chernobyl power plant, after the decision was made to continue power production following the disaster. All of the Soviet republics were called upon to hurriedly help with the construction of what would eventually be the last atomic town.
