By Benjamin Bidder in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
It may not be everyone's idea of a fun excursion, but increasing numbers of tourists are visiting the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The day trip package includes the use of a Geiger counter and lunch in the nuclear plant's canteen. Yuri Tatarchuk is standing in front of a group of visitors from Europe, Asia and America. The 38-year-old tour guide is built like a wrestler and is wearing combat boots and army fatigues. Tatarchuk hands out Geiger counters, distributing tidbits of well-intended advice as he does so. "Distance is the best protection," he says. "Panicking doesn't help."...[continued]
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