Reactor #3

Reactor #3 is an electrical generator in , . Reactor #3 is situated nearby to the ruins , as well as near the building .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and Sarcophagus / Shelter Object.

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 in northern , 16.5 kilometres northwest of the city of , 16 kilometres from the Belarus–Ukraine border, and about 100 kilometres north of . is situated 250 metres east of Reactor #3.

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 .

Building
Photo: Cls14, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a structure put in place in 2016 to confine the remains of the number 4 reactor unit at the , in , which was destroyed during the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. is situated 140 metres west of Reactor #3.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yaniv and Pripyat.

Locality
Photo: Kruusamägi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an abandoned village in , , northern . It is located south of and west of the . is situated 3 km west of Reactor #3.

Town
Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Prypiat, is an abandoned industrial city in , , located near the border with . Named after the nearby river, , it was founded on 4 February 1970 as the ninth atomgrad, a type of closed city in the Soviet Union that housed nuclear workers. is situated 3½ km northwest of Reactor #3.

Locality
Photo: Firef7y, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former village near , , 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. is situated 5 km southeast of Reactor #3.

Reactor #3

Latitude
51.38961° or 51° 23′ 23″ north
Longitude
30.10075° or 30° 6′ 3″ east
Inception
June 8th, 1982
Levels
1
Height
70 metres (230 feet)
Open location code
9G3G94Q2+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 326145079
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­industrial
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Satellite Map

Discover Reactor #3 from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Reactor #3” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مفاعل رقم 3”
  • Chinese: “三号反应堆”
  • Czech: “Reaktor č. 3”
  • French: “Réacteur n°3”
  • German: “Reaktor Nr. 3”
  • Hungarian: “3.sz reaktor”
  • Italian: “Reattore Nº3”
  • Polish: “III jednostka napędowa”
  • Russian: “3-й Энергоблок”
  • Ukrainian: “III енергоблок”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Reactor #4 and Chernobyl Sarcophagus Memorial.

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