After we pass the first check point (where the passports and identities are checked) in "Dytyatky"- some 20 km from Chernobyl we enter Chernobyl itself. It's not allowed to take pictures of the check points as well as any security devices on the walls of the Nucler Power Station. Bikes or other then official car means of transportation are not allowed too (and never being used in the restricted area)- otherwise there are no restrictions regarding video or pictures. After short update in Chernobylinterinform agency (a part of Ministry for Emergencies of Ukraine) we are on the road that leads to the Station. On our way we stop at the Monument to the Firemen who were sircomed by the radiation in 1986.

Now we pass another check point - it's rather formal and fast. Soon we see the view of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
The size of Chernobyl Power Plant is impressive.

That's about the time for the radiation meter start buzzing faster at certain spots. The normal radiation level is about 5-25 micro roentgen per hour. Once we get closer to the power plant the number on the device is increased. When we pass Kopachi (the closest village to the plant, which was leveled with the earth as it was heavily polluted with the radiation) the radiation reaches 65-80 micro roentgen per hour (m.r./h).

In 1986 there were four working reactors and two reactors were under construction (80% ready) - if those two would be finished Chernobyl PP would be the biggest nuclear plant in Europe and probably in the world. Reactors #4 and #5 are surrounded by numbers of cranes - and it's really hard to believe that everything stopped here almost 20 years ago.