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Photographing the Most Radioactive Places in Chernobyl

• sebazzz 7y ago
  If the other control room is contaminated now, wasn't it unsafe to work in after the explosion? They still had a few reactors in operation for a time. Good to see the control room still runs Windows XP with default Teletubby background. I wonder whether this is a vulnerability and an upgrade is planned.
  • Alupis 7y ago
    It's unlikely to have any internet connection there - so there's little to no risk.
  • pvg 7y ago
    There are three control rooms mentioned, it seems - the current 'Arch' control room and the original control rooms for units 3 and 4. Article says that even the unit 4 control room was once decontaminated and stripped of equipment. The unit 3 one is the one that was used for years after.
• dheera 7y ago
  "Of course, I’m not going to go in there to take pictures! For reference, staying in this place would be deadly in just a few minutes." What about sending a drone or robot inside and take the pictures safely from outside?
  • Alupis 7y ago
    The radiation levels have killed "drones" several times before.
    • jameslevy 7y ago
      Fortunately, there were plenty of"human drones" available to assist with removing graphite.
    • dheera 7y ago
      Tank chassis robot with lead foil casing around the electronics then?
• cleeus 7y ago
  Notice the Windows XP wallpaper in this picture: https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2019/08/11-3.jpg https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2019/08/11-3.jpg
  • mattmar96 7y ago
    Yikes. Hope its not connected to the internet..