Chernogorsk Exclusion Zone
The Chernogorsk Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation (Russian: Черногорск Зона отчуждения) is an officially designated exclusion area around the Chernogorsk nuclear reactor disaster. The excluded area itself takes a total of 30 kilometers and is strictly isolated from the public. It is commonly known as the Chernogorsk Exclusion Zone, the 30 kilometer zone or simply The Zone.
History
Chernogorsk nuclear reactor disaster
Setup of the exclusion zone
The current borderline of the Chernogorsk Exclusion Zone have been successfully established in 1997 by Stasnovan authorities to prevent further radioactive exposal and access to the public.
Management of the zone
Administration
Dead Zones
There are a total of 11 checkpoints
- Entry/exit point 1, near ???
- Entry/exit point 2, near ???
- Entry/exit point 3, near ???
- Entry/exit point 4, near ???
- Entry/exit point 5, near ???
- Entry/exit point 6, near ???
- Entry/exit point 7, near ???
- Entry/exit point 8, near ???
- Entry/exit point 9, near ???
- Entry/exit point 10, near ???
- Entry/exit point 11, near ???
Radioactive contamination
Flora and fauna
Animal behavior
The behavior of animals in the zone has been reported to be very strange, and that predators such as wolves have become extremely aggressive. In 2014, during a Srpskan-held expedition inside the exclusion zone, a wolf has come across the team and suddenly attacked one of the team members. The victim who fell to the wolf attack was Andrej Kovačević, but he did not suffer any fatal injuries, and was safely contained at one of the zone's checkpoints.
High-level radiation areas
Black Hill
Black Hill is considered one of the most radioactive areas in the entire exclusion zone. This area has not been yet completely explored due to the high-level radiation there and left-overs from the disasters, such as radioactive materials. Black Hill is believed to posses the most radiation exposed animals in the entire zone, of which most are considered spiders. Spiders in the area have been seen building strangely shaped nets, even thought they do look normal to the naked eye, they are not, due to that they have been entirely exposed to radiation throughout the years, which has as well changed their behavior.
During a Black Hill expedition, it is commonly known if people stay in there too long without a protective NBC suit, they will be exposed to high-level radiation and can face death in the matter of seconds.