Chernobyl en imágenes: 30 años después

En las primeras horas del 26 de abril 1986, un reactor explotó en la central nuclear de Chernobyl. El desastre de la central soviética sigue siendo el peor accidente nuclear de la historia.

Una zona de exclusión, que tiene un radio de 30 kilometros y cubre un área aproximadamente del tamaño de Luxemburgo – permanece en su lugar alrededor del área en Ucrania. Aunque en gran parte deshabitado por los seres humanos, hay indicios de que la vida animal está volviendo.

Esta colección de fotos impactantes ofrece un vistazo dentro de la zona de exclusión.

A child's gas mask and a shoe are seen at a kindergarten in the abandoned city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, April 4, 2011. Belarus, Ukraine and Russia will mark the 25th anniversary of the nuclear reactor explosion in Chernobyl, the place where the world's worst civil nuclear accident took place, on April 26. Engineers are still struggling to regain control of damaged reactors at the Fuskushima plant after last month?s earthquake and tsunami, in the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986, with the government urging the operator of the plant to act faster to stop radiation spreading.  REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: ANNIVERSARY DISASTER ENERGY ENVIRONMENT) - RTR2KTA4

Máscara de gas de un niño y un zapato en un jardín de infancia en la ciudad abandonada de Pripyat. Imagen: REUTERS / Gleb Garanich

A wolf crosses a road in a forest in the 30 km (19 miles) exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor near the abandoned village of Dronki, Belarus, April 2, 2016. What happens to the environment when humans disappear? Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, booming populations of wolf, elk and other wildlife in the vast contaminated zone in Belarus and Ukraine provide a clue. On April 26, 1986, a botched test at the nuclear plant in Ukraine, then a Soviet republic, sent clouds of smouldering radioactive material across large swathes of Europe. Over 100,000 people had to abandon the area permanently, leaving native animals the sole occupants of a cross-border

Un lobo cruza un camino en un bosque en la zona de exclusión alrededor del reactor nuclear de Chernobyl. Imagen: REUTERS / Vasily Fedosenko

A view of the abandoned city of Pripyat, near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant March 31, 2011. Belarus, Ukraine and Russia will mark the 25th anniversary of the nuclear reactor explosion in Chernobyl, the place where the world's worst civil nuclear accident took place, on April 26. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: DISASTER ENERGY ANNIVERSARY ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS CITYSCAPE) - RTR2KNNU

La ciudad abandonada de Pripyat, cerca de la central nuclear de Chernobyl. Imagen: REUTERS / Gleb Garanich

A piano is seen in a kindergarten in the abandoned town of Pripyat, in the 30 km (19 miles) exclusion zone around the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant March 31, 2006. Around 50,000 Pripyat residents were evacuated after the disaster, taking only few belongings. Ukraine is preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster, when a reactor at the Chernobyl plant exploded, spreading radioactivity across Europe and the Soviet Union. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj - RTR1C2BK

Un piano en un jardín de infancia en la ciudad abandonada de Pripyat. Imagen: REUTERS / Damir Sagolj

A view of an amusement park in the centre of the abandoned town of Pripyat, in the 30 km (19 miles) exclusion zone around the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant March 31, 2006. Around 50,000 Pripyat residents were evacuated after the disaster, taking only few belongings. Ukraine is preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster, when a reactor at the Chernobyl plant exploded, spreading radioactivity across Europe and the Soviet Union. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj - RTR1C2G4

An amusement park in the centre of the abandoned town of Pripyat. Image: REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Wild boars walk in the forest of the state radiation ecology reserve in the 30km (19 miles) exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor near the village of Babchin, some 370 km (230 miles) southeast of Minsk, February 22, 2011. Still inhospitable to humans, the Chernobyl

jabalíes en el bosque de la reserva ecologica de radiación del estado en la zona de exclusión de 30 km (19 millas) alrededor del reactor nuclear de Chernobyl. Imagen: REUTERS / Vasily Fedosenko

Newspapers from March 1986 with a picture of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin are seen in an empty building in the abandoned town of Pripyat, in the 30 km (19 miles) exclusion zone around the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant March 31, 2006. Around 50,000 Pripyat residents were evacuated after the disaster, taking only few belongings. Ukraine is preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster, when a reactor at the Chernobyl plant exploded, spreading radioactivity across Europe and the Soviet Union. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj - RTR1C2G7

Periódicos de marzo de 1986 dejados en un edificio vacío en la ciudad abandonada de Pripyat. Imagen: REUTERS / Damir Sagolj

A raven stretches its wings as it sits on a post inside the 30 km (18 miles) exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor near the village of Babchin, some 370 km (217 miles) southeast of Minsk, December 23, 2009. The sign reads:

Un cuervo extiende sus alas en un poste dentro de la zona de exclusión alrededor del reactor nuclear de Chernobyl. Imagen: REUTERS / Vasily Fedosenko

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. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov

Una cruz con un crucifijo se ve en la ciudad ucraniana abandonada de Pripyat. Imagen: REUTERS / Anatolii Stepanov

A general view of the sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine February 22, 2011. Belarus, Ukraine and Russia will mark the 25th anniversary of the nuclear reactor explosion in Chernobyl, the place where the world's worst civil nuclear accident took place, on April 26. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: DISASTER ANNIVERSARY) - RTR2IYPB

El sarcófago que cubre el cuarto reactor dañado en la planta nuclear de Chernobyl. Imagen: REUTERS / Gleb Garanich

A picture of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin is seen through wild flowers inside a hospital in the abandoned town of Pripyat, in the 30 km (19 miles) exclusion zone around the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant March 31, 2006. [Around 50,000 Pripyat residents were evacuated after the disaster, taking only few belongings. Ukraine is preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster, when a reactor at the Chernobyl plant exploded, spreading radioactivity across Europe and the Soviet Union. ] - RTXOG56

Una imagen del fundador del estado soviético Vladimir Lenin se ve a través de flores silvestres en un hospital de la ciudad abandonada de Pripyat. Image: Damir Sagolj / REUTERS

A white-tailed eagle lands on a wolf's carcass in the 30km (19 miles) exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, in the abandoned village of Dronki, Belarus, February 15, 2016. What happens to the environment when humans disappear? Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, booming populations of wolf, elk and other wildlife in the vast contaminated zone in Belarus and Ukraine provide a clue. On April 26, 1986, a botched test at the nuclear plant in Ukraine, then a Soviet republic, sent clouds of smouldering radioactive material across large swathes of Europe. Over 100,000 people had to abandon the area permanently, leaving native animals the sole occupants of a cross-border

UN águila postrado sobre los restos de un lobo en la zona de exclusión alrededor del reactor nuclear de Chernobyl. Imagen: REUTERS / Vasily Fedosenko

A worker measures radiation levels at a cemetery for contaminated equipment used during the Chernobyl catastrophe, near the village of Rossokha inside the 30 km (19 miles) exclusion zone around the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant March 30, 2006. [Ukraine is preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster, when a reactor at the Chernobyl plant exploded, spreading a radioactive cloud across Europe and the Soviet Union.] - RTXOGWP

Un trabajador mide los niveles de radiación en un cementerio de equipo contaminado utilizado durante la catástrofe de Chernobyl. Image: Damir Sagolj / REUTERS

The sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is seen behind a building decorated with a graffiti in the abandoned city of Prypiat April 15, 2011. Belarus, Ukraine and Russia will mark the 25th anniversary of the nuclear reactor explosion in Chernobyl, the place where the world's worst civil nuclear accident took place, on April 26. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: ENERGY DISASTER ANNIVERSARY) - RTR2L9MM

El sarcófago que cubre el cuarto reactor dañado en la planta nuclear de Chernobyl se ve detrás de un edificio decorado con un graffiti. Imagen: REUTERS / Gleb Garanic

Autor: Joe Myers, productor de contenidos, Formative Content

Imagenes: REUTERS

 

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