Reactor № 6
Reactor № 6 is an electrical generator in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Reactor № 6 is situated nearby to the fire station Недобудована пожежна частина, as well as near the locality Kopachi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and New Safe Confinement.
Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant
Power station
Photo: Ingmar Runge, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant undergoing decommissioning. ChNPP is located near the abandoned city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine, 16.5 kilometres northwest of the city of Chernobyl, 16 kilometres from the Belarus–Ukraine border, and about 100 kilometres north of Kyiv. Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant is situated 1¼ km northwest of Reactor № 6.
New Safe Confinement
Building
Photo: Cls14, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The New Safe Confinement is a structure put in place in 2016 to confine the remains of the number 4 reactor unit at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in Ukraine, which was destroyed during the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. New Safe Confinement is situated 1½ km northwest of Reactor № 6.
Sarcophagus / Shelter Object
Building
Photo: Roman Harak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus or Shelter Structure is a massive steel and concrete structure covering the nuclear reactor number 4 building of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Sarcophagus / Shelter Object is situated 1½ km northwest of Reactor № 6.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kopachi and Yaniv.
Kopachi
Locality
Photo: Firef7y, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kopachi is a former village near Chernobyl, Ukraine, just south-west of the Pripyat River Basin. After the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, the village was contaminated by fallout and subsequently evacuated and is now within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone; and thus has been abandoned since 1986. Kopachi is situated 3½ km south of Reactor № 6.
Yaniv
Locality
Photo: Kruusamägi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yaniv is an abandoned village in Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. It is located south of Pripyat and west of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Yaniv is situated 4½ km west of Reactor № 6.
Pripyat
Town
Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pripyat, also known as Prypiat, is an abandoned industrial city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, located near the border with Belarus. Named after the nearby river, Pripyat, it was founded on 4 February 1970 as the ninth atomgrad, catering the nearby Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Pripyat is situated 5 km northwest of Reactor № 6.
Reactor № 6
- Type: Electrical generator
- Categories: building and industry
- Location: Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.38213° or 51° 22′ 56″ northLongitude
30.1196° or 30° 7′ 11″ eastOpen location code
9G3G94J9+VROpenStreetMap ID
way 278456952OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Ukrainian—“Reactor № 6” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Blok č. 6”
- Polish: “Jednostka/Blok numer/nr. 6”
- Russian: “Энергоблок No 6”
- Ukrainian: “Енергоблок № 6”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Недобудована пожежна частина and Nahirtsi Cemetery.
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