Giant Fish, and a dome higher than the Statue of Liberty

Apparently giant fish (10-13 ft long) are appearing in the lakes and rivers around Chernobyl, and Russia's plans for containing the crumbling sarcophagus containing the radiation have been revealed as a dome, weighing over 20,000 tonnes and higher than the Statue of Liberty (94m), to be 108m high at it's apex.

http://englishrussia.com/?p=2869

Sounds fucking sweet!!

One of my friends is going on a trip there soon, I'm kind of jealous.

Actually going into the contaminated area must be quite an experience.

yeah especially if you want to have kids later

Thats pretty fucking IDM, awesome fish.

You can spend quite some time in the I forget how many kilometers zone before actually experiencing any long or short term ill effects.

There are simple formula's for how much Gamma radiation you can handle before anything happens.

Maybe you have a 0.1% increase in getting some sort of lymphic cancer but just going outside does the same thing.

that is so incredibly awesome

on the subject of giant domes: I recently went to a thing called "Tropical Islands" near Brandenburg in Germany. The experience of being in a construction that large is terrifying, I nearly shat my pants seeing it from afar, and when I actually entered it, it was like every strange architectural dream I'd had in my life suddenly had come true...

the translations on english russia is the reason for it's utter awesomeness.

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The “food” they get from the spectators is usually the big pieces of loaf

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  277: 930-933 said:

You can spend quite some time in the I forget how many kilometers zone before actually experiencing any long or short term ill effects.

There are simple formula's for how much Gamma radiation you can handle before anything happens.

Maybe you have a 0.1% increase in getting some sort of lymphic cancer but just going outside does the same thing.

I read up on this and I believe its a danger no matter where you are. Going into the actual town would be extremely stupid. You can breathe this stuff in from the buildings or ground and have it radiate in your lungs for the rest of your life.

  Salvatorin said:

on the subject of giant domes: I recently went to a thing called "Tropical Islands" near Brandenburg in Germany. The experience of being in a construction that large is terrifying, I nearly shat my pants seeing it from afar, and when I actually entered it, it was like every strange architectural dream I'd had in my life suddenly had come true...

 

That looks terrifying

That was Lucas' first attempt at the death star, but he thought it was too small.

in the last video the contamination meter shows 0,60

how dangerous is that?

. Some Russian people make jokes that this nuclear shield is looking nice above the Liberty Statue, meaning that the atomic disaster in New York might have a chance too.

lol?

i went there in call of duty 4 and i'm totally fine.

Not that i'm big into 'hang out on the beach' kind of vacations, but it seems weird to me to travel to a dangerous or ugly place instead of going somewhere nice. Definitely wouldn't spend hundreds of $$$ to go somewhere not pleasant.

And yeah, that dome is terrifyingly huge.

Will it be the same dome as in The Simpsons movie?

  277: 930-933 said:

One of my friends is going on a trip there soon, I'm kind of jealous.

Actually going into the contaminated area must be quite an experience.

me and my mate were just thnking about going there. i will have to check about permissions and hook with some locals :)

Wasn't Chernobyl in the Ukraine? Why would Russia be responsible for containing this?

I sooooo want to go on a trip to Chernobyl. It's not that dangerous any longer. You just have to stay off the grass.

  Squee said:

It's not You just have to stay off the grass.

Or you might fall into the water.

  abusivegeorge said:

  Squee said:

I sooooo want to go on a trip to Chernobyl. It's not that dangerous any longer. You just have to stay off the grass.

 

Or you might fall into the water.

Yeah, if I plan on riding around on my unicycle

lol

  Root5 said:

Wasn't Chernobyl in the Ukraine? Why would Russia be responsible for containing this?

probably because ukraine was a part of the USSR when it happened?

pwn

also ukraine = has no money

i wanna see some Chernobyl cats