Nelson, the correspondent, in the Chernobyl exclusion zone

The city gate, adorned with a huge yellow atom, reports that the development of this nuclear energy has represented for the city of Chernobyl. But this initiative only lasted until April 26, 1986, when the explosion of reactor # 4 caused unprecedented damage.

Nelson Castro, The correspondent, do it first live broadcast for Argentina's exclusion zone. The journalist TN He showed the central square of the city, where vegetation reigns and a row of posters represents the 192 villages who were affected by the radiation and had to be evacuated forever.

Nowadays, the city lives tourism boom Through a popular television series, the city's two stores are selling t-shirts, mugs and magnets with images of the nuclear disaster. Also costumes and masks to protect themselves from radiation, which cost about $ 15.

As Nelson Castro has shown, we must respect several safety instructions since the area is still contaminated by radiation. Tourists must dress long sleeve clothing and circulate with a small device that absorbs radiation. The slogan is do not touch anything and anything that falls on the floor should be placed in a plastic bag.

Up to the tripod as the team TN in use it had to be covered with paper that will be thrown away.

The explosion of 1986 marked before and after in the era of atomic energy. For 10 days, the burned nuclear fuel, saying goodbye to the atmosphere more than 200 tons of radioactive elements this would eventually contaminate up to three quarters of Europe, especially Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

Today, the Chernobyl plant is covered with a "sarcophagus" made of steel which allows contain the tons of radioactive material still present in the area.

The United Nations Scientific Committee (UNSCEAR) officially recognizes only Thirty dead between operators and firefighters exposed to radiation immediately after the explosion, but by some estimates the balance could be thousands of deaths from related diseases,