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Welcome to Chernobyl

The radiation meter – a Geiger Counter – bleeps frantically. It is now 24 times higher than an earlier reading taken outside the exclusion zone – 30km away.

Adding to the fear factor, the tour guide hides the meter behind her back to keep it out of our sight.

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