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Access to Pripyat, unlike cities of military importance, was not restricted before the disaster

as nuclear power stations were seen by the Soviet Union as safer than other types of power

plants. Nuclear power stations were presented as being an achievement of Soviet engineering,

where nuclear power was harnessed for peaceful projects. The slogan peaceful atom was

popular during those times. The original plan had been to build the plant only 25 km (16 mi)from Kiev, but the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, among other bodies, expressed concern

about it being too close to the city. As a result, the power station and Pripyat were built at

their current locations, about 100 km (62 mi) from Kiev. After the disaster the city of Pripyat

was evacuated in two days.

A toy lies in the window frame of a kindergarten in the deserted town of in Pripyat, Ukraine,

November 27, 2012, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the Chernobyl nuclear plant.

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A cross with a crucifix is seen in the deserted Ukrainian town of Pripyat November 27, 2012.

The town's population was evacuated following the disaster at the nearby Chernobyl nuclear

reactor in 1986)

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A view of empty houses in the deserted town of Pripyat near the closed Chernobyl nuclear

power plant Ukraine, November 27, 2012.

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A view of empty houses in the deserted town of Pripyat near the closed Chernobyl nuclear

power plant Ukraine November 27, 2012.

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An abandoned kindergarten in the deserted city of Pripyat, which was built to house the

workers of the Chernobyl nuclear power station some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the

plant, November 27, 2012.

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An abandoned kindergarten in the deserted city of Pripyat, which was built to house the

workers of the Chernobyl nuclear power station some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the

plant, November 27, 2012.

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A playground in the deserted town of Pripyat, Ukraine, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from

the Chernobyl nuclear power plant Ukraine, November 27, 2012.

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A view of empty houses in the town of Pripyat near the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant

Ukraine November 27, 2012.

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A playground in the deserted town of Pripyat, Ukraine, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from

the Chernobyl nuclear plant Ukraine, November 27, 2012.

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