Ghost Town - Chernobyl Photo Journal
To this day, Chernobyl remains the largest nuclear disaster ever to occur. A combination of human error and reactor design flaws lead to a complete core meltdown. The exposed core released radiation directly into the Ukraine and Belarussian atmosphere for several days. Much of the area surrounding Chernobyl is still considered uninhabitable. This website contains a series of pictures and commentary written by a young woman as she tours the exclusion zone. The title of the website is a reference to Pripyat, the nuclear plant employees' town, which was hastily evaculated and remains abandoned.
Essential concepts: Nuclear energy, nuclear meltdowns, Chernobyl, Pripyat, nuclear fission.