What is Pripyat?
Q: What is Pripyat?
A: Pripyat is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine that was home to Chernobyl nuclear power plant workers.
Q: When was the Chernobyl accident?
A: The Chernobyl accident occurred in 1986.
Q: How many people lived in Pripyat before it was abandoned?
A: Before being abandoned, about 48,000 people lived in Pripyat.
Q: Why was Pripyat abandoned?
A: Pripyat was abandoned after the Chernobyl accident, which was the worst nuclear reactor accident in history.
Q: When was Pripyat founded?
A: Pripyat was founded in the 1970s, when the nuclear power plant opened.
Q: Is Pripyat safe to visit?
A: Pripyat is relatively safe on the road, but it is still unsafe to go around the city without a radiation dosimeter that measures exposure. Many buildings have accumulated too much radioactive material to be safe to visit.
Q: How long will the radioactivity in Pripyat last?
A: The most dangerous radioactive elements in Pripyat will take up to nine hundred years to decay sufficiently to render the area safe.
