Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
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The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is a heavily contaminated, restricted area surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, established after the 1986 disaster to limit radiation exposure and monitor environmental and health impacts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chernobyl Exclusion Zone canonical | 12 |
| Chernobyl Exclusion Zone vicinity | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
disaster-affected area
ⓘ
protected area ⓘ radioactive exclusion zone ⓘ |
| access |
requires special permit
ⓘ
restricted ⓘ |
| area | approximately 2600 square kilometers ⓘ |
| borders | Belarusian Exclusion Zone ⓘ |
| contains |
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
ⓘ
surface form:
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus
New Safe Confinement ⓘ
surface form:
New Safe Confinement structure
highly contaminated zones ⓘ relatively less contaminated zones ⓘ |
| country | Ukraine ⓘ |
| environmentalStatus | one of the most radioactively contaminated areas in the world ⓘ |
| establishedAfter | Chernobyl disaster ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| floraFaunaStatus | significant wildlife presence ⓘ |
| governedBy | State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Red Forest
ⓘ
abandoned villages ⓘ Pripyat ⓘ
surface form:
city of Pripyat
town of Chernobyl ⓘ |
| hasPopulation |
limited number of workers
ⓘ
self-settlers ⓘ |
| inception | 1986 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kyiv Oblast
ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ Zhytomyr Oblast ⓘ |
| longTermPlan | monitoring and containment of contamination ⓘ |
| mainHazard | ionizing radiation ⓘ |
| mainRadionuclides |
cesium-137
ⓘ
plutonium isotopes ⓘ strontium-90 ⓘ |
| notableEvent | site of 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident fallout ⓘ |
| populationStatus | largely uninhabited ⓘ |
| purpose |
limit radiation exposure
ⓘ
monitor environmental impacts ⓘ monitor health impacts ⓘ |
| radius | approximately 30 kilometers from Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ |
| regulates |
access to contaminated areas
ⓘ
economic activity ⓘ human habitation ⓘ |
| shape | roughly circular ⓘ |
| surrounds | Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ |
| tourism | regulated tourism allowed ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ecological monitoring
ⓘ
long-term health studies ⓘ radiation research ⓘ radioecology studies ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Pripyat River
this entity surface form:
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone vicinity