Kopachi

Kopachi was very badly contaminated and so it was decided to bury it, house by house, says Tatarchuk.

Chernobyl 25 years on: a poisoned landscape 2011

Sites on our strange tour included the buried village of Kopachi, a close-up look at reactor number 4 itself, a very quick drive through the Red Forest, and an exploration of the abandoned city of Pripyat.

Chernobyl 25 years on: a poisoned landscape 2011

I think about Katya and the pupils of the Kopachi kindergarten who hopefully managed to grow up far away from the radiation.

Kumi Naidoo: Fukushima: Never Again Kumi Naidoo 2011

Afterward, surprisingly reticent to leave the ghosts of the past, we decided to stop at the ruins of the village of Kopachi, about two kilometers away.

Kumi Naidoo: Fukushima: Never Again Kumi Naidoo 2011

I think about Katya and the pupils of the Kopachi kindergarten who hopefully managed to grow up far away from the radiation.

Kumi Naidoo: Fukushima: Never Again Kumi Naidoo 2011

Afterward, surprisingly reticent to leave the ghosts of the past, we decided to stop at the ruins of the village of Kopachi, about two kilometers away.

Kumi Naidoo: Fukushima: Never Again Kumi Naidoo 2011

I think about Katya and the pupils of the Kopachi kindergarten who hopefully managed to grow up far away from the radiation.

Kumi Naidoo: Fukushima: Never Again Kumi Naidoo 2011

I think about Katya and the pupils of the Kopachi kindergarten who hopefully managed to grow up far away from the radiation.

Kumi Naidoo: Fukushima: Never Again Kumi Naidoo 2011

Afterward, surprisingly reticent to leave the ghosts of the past, we decided to stop at the ruins of the village of Kopachi, about two kilometers away.

Kumi Naidoo: Fukushima: Never Again Kumi Naidoo 2011

Afterward, surprisingly reticent to leave the ghosts of the past, we decided to stop at the ruins of the village of Kopachi, about two kilometers away.

Kumi Naidoo: Fukushima: Never Again Kumi Naidoo 2011