Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (‌Ukrainian: Зона відчуження Чорнобильської АЕС‌)
Zone of Alienation, 30 kilometre Zone
Exclusion area and disaster area
Entrance to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone at Checkpoint "Dityatki"
Official name: Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation
Named for: The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after the disaster
Country	Ukraine
Oblasts	Kiev Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast
Raions	Ivankiv Raion (includes former Chernobyl Raion), Poliske Raion, Narodychi Raion
Borders on	Belarus, Polesie State Radioecological Reserve
Cities	Chernobyl, Pripyat, Poliske
Landmarks	Kopachi, Red Forest
Buildings	Russian Woodpecker, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and sarcophagus
River	Pripyat River
Coordinates	51°18′00″N 30°00′18″E / 51.3°N 30.005°E / 51.3; 30.005Coordinates: 51°18′00″N 30°00′18″E / 51.3°N 30.005°E / 51.3; 30.005
Area	2,600 km2 (1,004 sq mi)
Population	The Exclusion Zone is an "Area of Absolute (Mandatory) Resettlement". A few hundred samosely have been permitted to remain. Employees of state agencies are resident in the Zone on a temporary basis
Founded	27 April 1986 (27 April 1986) (Current borders Established circa. 1997)
Management	State Agency of Ukraine on the Exclusion Zone Management, part of State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Government	Government of Ukraine
- location	Kiev, Ukraine
For public	Not accessible to the public without permission. Permission can be requested in writing in advance or arranged with a tour operator.
Timezone	EET (UTC+2)
- summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
1996 Chernobyl radiation map from CIA - 600 kilometres wide (former border)
Map of The Zone, in northern Kiev Oblast
Website: dazv.gov.ua

State Agency of Ukraine on the Exclusion Zone Management

Державне агентство України з управління зоною відчуження
Agency overview
Formed	April 6, 2011 (2011-04-06)
Preceding Agency	State Department - Administration of the exclusion zone and the zone of absolute (mandatory) resettlement
Jurisdiction	Government of Ukraine
Headquarters	Kiev and Chernobyl
Parent department	Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
Key document	Decree of the President of Ukraine № 393 of April 6, 2011 "On approval of the State Agency of Ukraine on the Exclusion Zone Management"
Website	dazv.gov.ua

A few hundred samosely have been permitted to remain. Employees of state agencies are resident in the Zone on a temporary basis

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation (Ukrainian: Зона відчуження Чорнобильської АЕС, zona vidchuzhennya Chornobyl's'koyi AES, Russian: Зона отчуждения Чернобыльской АЭС, zona otchuzhdenya Chernobyl'skoyi AES) is an officially designated exclusion area around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster. It is also commonly known as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, the 30 Kilometre Zone, or simply The Zone (Ukrainian: Чорнобильська зона, Chornobyl's'ka zona, Russian: Чернобыльская зона, Chernobyl'skaya zona).

Established by the USSR military soon after the 1986 disaster, it initially existed as an area of 30 km radius from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant designated for evacuation and placed under military control. Its borders have since been altered to cover a larger area of Ukraine. The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone borders a separately administered area, the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve, to the north, in Belarus. The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is managed by an agency of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, while the power plant and its sarcophagus (and replacement) are administered separately.

The Exclusion Zone covers an area of approximately 2,600 km² (1,000 sq mi) in Ukraine immediately surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant where radioactive contamination from fallout is highest and public access and inhabitation are restricted. Other areas of compulsory resettlement and voluntary relocation not part of the restricted exclusion zone exist in the surrounding areas and throughout Ukraine.