Report (Permission Visit) The Jupiter Factory, Pripyat, (Chernobyl Exclusion Zone), Ukraine - Oct 2016

[Landie_Man]

The Jupiter Factory, Pripyat, (Chernobyl Exclusion Zone), Ukraine - Oct 2016

So now my huge backlog takes me into my second time to The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. I visited in October 2016 for a four day tour which took us to many places which one might not see on a normal tourist trail to the zone.

It was an amazing experience to see The Zone again and each day was packed, getting up at 06:30 to catch the 07:40 train from Slavutych to The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Station, and back to our rented house in Slavutych (the town built to house those who lost their homes in Pripyat) at around 20:00/21:00.

The Jupiter Factory Opened in Pripyat in 1980 and was known for hiring the more academic people in Pripyat and Chernobyl. It was known for making electronics and Magnetic Tape, but this was all just a fácade and it actually made Semiconducter Products for the Military.

It closed shortly after the Chernobyl Disaster in 1986, but reopened before too long and remained operative until 1996 in radioactive conditions as one of many Radio-Logical Laboratories around Pripyat.

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Some of the lowest radiation I've seen, it can be 0.30 in London on some days!

Thanks again Guys

More Jupiter Factory At:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/landie_man/albums/72157671731703993

 

[Lil'Legs]

Great Report!! Always like seeing a bit of Chernobyl, definitely need to get myself across. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Idle Hands]

Enjoyed that, cheers. One of the places I haven't seen first hand on either of my visits to the zone.

 

[tweek]

I felt very uneasy in this building. Very heavy.

 

[Landie_Man]

Why was that mate?

 

[tweek]

No idea. I just didn't feel right. Five years ago I probably assumed it to be because of higher than normal radiation levels, although that seems unlikely - especially looking at that reading.

We did see the military here helping some guys load old radiators out of here onto a truck. Possibly didn't help.