Chornobyl missions
Our team conducted two missions in Chornobyl since the invasion to have an independent assessment of the Russian occupation zone, and to discover new technological ways to research the long-term consequences of the disaster.
Problem
On the very first day of the war, 24 February 2022, the Russian military invaded and seized the Chornobyl nuclear plant. The scene of the worst nuclear disaster in history became one of the early military targets.
After the liberation of the Chornobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine needed to assess the level of damage from the Russian military.
Our work
After several months of preparation, Greenpeace Germany was granted permission by the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management (SAUEZM) to visit Chornobyl and to conduct radiation survey work inside the 2,600km2 highly contaminated Exclusion Zone.
This story map explains some of the complex radiological issues and the preliminary results of our work in Chornobyl. The mission offers insight into one small part of recent Chornobyl history and Ukraine’s wartime experience. Greenpeace Ukraine and Germany continue to investigate the radiological consequences of the Chornobyl disaster, in collaboration with Ukrainian scientists.
Investigation in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone
Greenpeace Germany conducted a radiation survey of Russian military influence on the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone
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