Solar Chernobyl
Solar Chernobyl is an electrical generator in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Solar Chernobyl is situated nearby to the building Sarcophagus / Shelter Object, as well as near the ruins Reactor #4.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and Sarcophagus / Shelter Object.
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 410 metres southeast of Solar Chernobyl.
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 290 metres south of Solar Chernobyl.
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 340 metres south of Solar Chernobyl.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yaniv and Pripyat.
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 3 km west of Solar Chernobyl.
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, a type of closed city in the Soviet Union that housed nuclear workers. Pripyat is situated 3½ km northwest of Solar Chernobyl.
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 5 km south of Solar Chernobyl.
Solar Chernobyl
- Type: Electrical generator
- Category: industry
- Location: Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.3922° or 51° 23′ 32″ northLongitude
30.0999° or 30° 5′ 60″ eastInception
October 5th, 2018Operator
RODINA – ENERPARC AGOpen location code
9G3G93RX+VXOpenStreetMap ID
way 695849407
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Satellite Map
Discover Solar Chernobyl from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Czech to Ukrainian—“Solar Chernobyl” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Solární Černobyl”
- Italian: “Solar Chernobyl LLC”
- Russian: “Солар Чернобыль”
- Ukrainian: “Солар Чорнобиль”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Reactor #4 and Chernobyl Sarcophagus Memorial.
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