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The Chernobyl exclusion zone (also referred to as the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation or the 30 Kilometre Zone) is an exclusion zone set up in the advent of the Chernobyl disaster of 1986. It originally covered 30 kilometers around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and now encompasses 2,600 square kilometers of land afflicted by radiation.[1] Due to its historical significance as a testament to the effects that a nuclear reactor meltdown has on the surrounding land, it has been a significant part of popular culture, and has even influenced some media in the kaiju genre.
History
GODZILLA (1998)
For three years prior to the events of the film, Nick Tatopoulos had been studying the effects of radiation in the Chernobyl exclusion zone on earthworms. One day, when he was studying, he was selected to take part in another study in Jamaica.
Trivia
- In the 1986 video game The Movie Monster Game, Tarantus and Mister Meringue are said to have been born in the fallout of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, but whether they were within the bounds of the exclusion zone is unknown.
- In the American version of Godzilla 2000: Millennium, when hearing that Godzilla was bound for the Tokai Nuclear Power Plant, Yuki Ichinose said, "That's lovely, another Chernobyl."
- Janjira likely was influenced by the Chernobyl exclusion zone, with the dilapidated and overgrown infrastructure.
References
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