Chernobyl exclusion zone

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 aftermath 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] and encompasses the northernmost areas of Vyshhorod Raion in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Due to its historical significance as a testament to the effects that a nuclear reactor meltdown has on the surrounding land, it has appeared in a variety of works in popular culture, and has even influenced several pieces of media in the kaiju genre.

History

GODZILLA (1998)
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) [mentioned]

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 Panama to identify an unidentified irradiated creature.

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

Shinya Kurata's video game Nevenyrrl identified the Chernobyl disaster as one of the recent manmade incidents that depleted the Earth's mana and allowed the Gyaos to return.

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, a fictitious Japanese city in Godzilla (2014), likely was influenced by the Chernobyl exclusion zone, with dilapidated and overgrown infrastructure abounding 15 years after the male MUTO's attack on a nuclear power plant.

References

This is a list of references for Chernobyl exclusion zone. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: ^[1]

↑ Farfan, E, & Jannik, T (2011). ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION MONITORING IN THE CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE - HISTORY AND RESULTS 25 YEARS AFTER. HEALTH PHYSICS JOURNAL.

Locations
Showa
Countries	Japan (Hiroshima • Nagasaki • Tokyo (Shinagawa • Ginza) • Kobe • Osaka • Nagoya • Okinawa (Naha • Cape Manzamo) • Hokkaido (Nemuro) • Kyoto • Fukuoka) • China (Beijing) • Philippines (Manila) • Egypt (Cairo) • New Guinea • Marshall Islands • United States (New York City • Alaska • Texas) • United Kingdom (London) • France (Paris) • Italy (Venice) • Germany • Russia (Moscow) • Rolisica (New Kirk City) • Mu • Selgina • Seatopia • Kingdom of Khitan • North Korea • South Korea
Geographic points	Mount Aso • Mount Fuji • Izu Oshima • Aokigahara • Pacific Ocean (Bikini Atoll • Odo Island • Iwato Island • Kamiko Island • Faro Island • Infant Island • Sergio Island • Letchi Island • Sollgel Island • Monster Island • Mondo Island • Ogasawara Islands (Unnamed island • Monsterland) • Wester Island • Japan Trench • Tokyo Bay • Osaka Bay • Sagami Bay • Suruga Bay) • Arctic Ocean
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia • Europe • America • Antarctica) • Mysteroid • Planet R • Planet Paira • Venus • Mars • Jupiter • Planet X • Moon • Gorath • Terra • Planet Fire God • Dark Gaseous Nebula of the Orion • M Space Hunter Nebula • Planet Peaceland • Planet Garoga • Planet Bulgar • Planet Green • Black Hole Planet 3 • Rosetta
Miscellaneous	National Diet Building • SEIKO HOUSE GINZA • Tokyo Tower • Osaka Castle • Saikai Bridge • Haneda Airport • Golden Gate Bridge • Statue of Liberty • Atami Castle • Nagoya TV Tower • Nagoya Castle • Wakato Bridge • Kurobe Dam • UNSC Moon Base • Arc de Triomphe • Godzilla Tower • Underground Cave • Atlantis
Heisei
Countries	Japan (Tokyo • Osaka • Hokkaido (Sapporo) • Fukuoka • Nagoya • Yokohama (Minato Mirai 21) • Kyoto • Kobe • Kagoshima • Beppu • Kumamoto • Okinawa • Omaezaki • Sendai • Ashikaga • Shima) • China (Hong Kong) • Philippines • Marshall Islands • Russia • Saradia • North Korea • South Korea • Egypt
Geographic points	Izu Oshima • Mount Mihara • Mount Fuji • Mount Aso • Aokigahara • Lake Ashi • Pacific Ocean (Tokyo Bay • Bikini Atoll • Lagos Island • Bering Sea • Sea of Okhotsk • Infant Island • Adonoa Island • Baas Island • Himegami Island • Kowloon Bay • Suruga Bay • Godzilland • Godzilla Island • Matango Island • Bungo Channel • Yakushima • Nilai-Kanai pyramid) • Arctic Ocean
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia) • Mars • Jupiter • Monster Planet • Planet Torendeiru
Miscellaneous	Ihama Nuclear Power Plant • National Diet Building • SEIKO HOUSE GINZA • Fukuoka Tower • Sapporo TV Tower • Nagoya Castle • Nagoya TV Tower • Yokohama Landmark Tower • Yokohama Bay Bridge • Cosmo Clock 21 • Tokyo Tower • Kai Tak Airport • Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building • Tokyo Telecom Center • Ikata Nuclear Power Plant • Haneda Airport • Ariake Coliseum • Underworld • Atlantis
Millennium
Countries	Japan (Tokyo • Okinawa • Tokai • Manazuru • Hokkaido (Nemuro) • Osaka • Yaizu • Yokohama • Tateyama) • United States (New York City • Arizona) • France (Paris) • Australia (Sydney) • New Guinea (Papua New Guinea) • China (Shanghai) • Canada
Geographic points	Pacific Ocean (Tokyo Bay • Kiganjima • Infant Island • Ogasawara Islands (Magonoté • Himago Island) • Japan Trench) • Atlantic Ocean (English Channel) • Mount Myoko • Lake Ikeda • Mount Fuji • Aokigahara • Area G
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia • Europe • America • Oceania • Australia • Antarctica) • Gorath • Planet Fire God
Miscellaneous	National Diet Building • Tokyo Tower • Tokai Nuclear Power Plant • Yokohama Landmark Tower • Yokohama Bay Bridge • Empire State Building • Statue of Liberty • Sydney Opera House • Eiffel Tower
Reiwa
Countries	Japan (Tokyo (Kamata • Shinagawa • Ginza • Shinjuku) • Kamakura • Mechagodzilla City • Nigashio) • United Kingdom (London) • France (Paris) • Germany • United States • India • Marshall Islands
Geographic points	Tama River • Mount Fuji • Tanzawa Pass • Pacific Ocean (Odo Island • Tokyo Bay • Sagami Bay • Bikini Atoll • Ogasawara Islands • Bōsō Peninsula) • Atlantic Ocean (English Channel)
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia • Europe • America) • Kepler-452b • Tau Ceti e • Moon
Miscellaneous	National Diet Building • Tokyo Tower • Tokyo Station • SEIKO HOUSE GINZA • Aratrum • Oratio • Union Compound India • Shinjuku Toho Building (Godzilla Head)
American films
Countries	United States (New York City • Hawaii • Nevada • San Francisco • Boston • Hoboken • Washington, D.C. • Pensacola • Alaska) • France (French Polynesia • Montagnac) • Marshall Islands • Jamaica • Philippines • Japan (Janjira • Tokyo) • Vietnam • Mexico (Isla de Mara) • Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) • Germany (Munich) • Russia (Moscow) • United Kingdom (London • Gibraltar) • Spain (Cadiz) • Italy (Rome) • Barbados • Norway (Kvitøya) • Sudan (Jebel Barkal) • Peru (Machu Pichu) • Egypt (Cairo) • China (Hong Kong) • Panama • South Korea • Chile (Santa Soledad)
Geographic points	Pacific Ocean (Bikini Atoll • Skull Island • Tasman Sea) • Arctic Ocean • Yunnan Rainforest • Mount Fuji • Infant Island • Victoria Peak
Planets and continents	Earth (America • Europe • Asia • Oceania • Antarctica)
Miscellaneous	Empire State Building • Statue of Liberty • World Trade Center • Chernobyl exclusion zone • Madison Square Garden • Brooklyn Bridge • Honolulu International Airport • Golden Gate Bridge • Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository • Alcatraz Island • Fenway Park • Apex Cybernetics • Hollow Earth (Axis Mundi) • Colosseum • Great Pyramid • Christ the Redeemer
Printed media
Countries	United States (San Francisco • San Diego • Los Angeles • New York City • Texas • Washington, D.C. • Seattle • Las Vegas • Alaska • Chicago) • Japan (Tokyo) • Germany • Brazil (São Paulo) • Egypt (Cairo) • France (Paris) • Greece • Italy (Pompeii • Rome) • Ghana (Accra) • India (Mumbai) • Turkey (Istanbul) • North Korea • South Korea (Seoul) • Russia (Moscow) • Mexico • Vietnam • Jamaica • Peru • Canada (Vancouver)
Geographic points	Mount Vesuvius • Pacific Ocean (Monster Island • Monster Islands • Infant Island • Moansta Island • Satan Atoll • Ogasawara Islands • Bering Sea)
Planets and continents	Earth (America • Asia • Europe • Antarctica)
Miscellaneous	Alaskan Pipeline • Golden Gate Bridge • Grand Canyon • Eiffel Tower • Christ the Redeemer • Hell • Multiverse • Deadzone

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[HEALTH_PHYSICS_JOURNAL-1] Farfan, E, & Jannik, T (2011). ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION MONITORING IN THE CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE - HISTORY AND RESULTS 25 YEARS AFTER. HEALTH PHYSICS JOURNAL.

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