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Day Trip to a Nuclear Power Plant (GUARANTEED)
Get into a Nuclear Power plant and stand on a reactor and visit to the controls station. It is an unfinished clone of Chernobyl Power plant and once was the biggest in the world. Meet local people and see a 40 000 people city that was built together with the powerplant in the middle of nowhere.
Duration 10 hours
Private tour available in English
Private tour pricing from 150 EUR per person
Group tour available in English
Group tour pricing from 600 EUR per person
Highlights
Entrance to the very restricted area of Nuclear Power Plant
Talk with locals about how the life feeled like in Soviet Union times
Dress in special Nuclear power plant clothing
Stand on atomic reactor and take a picture
Visit controls station of the Power plant
Visit Visaginas city near by the power plant
Visit Aukstaitijos National Park
Description
Lithuania was getting industrialized under Soviet rule ant that leaves us with some functional industrial moments like the Nuclear Power plant in Visaginas.
The model of the Power plant is exactly the same as the one was in Chernobyl and this is a reason this one doesn’t produce electricity anymore, but still employs 2 000 people, and it is open to visitors with almost all access.
It is built in a great forest by a big lake, that once was a middle of nowhere. And it is not only the power plant but a city of 40 000 population came together. All built rapidly up to 3 of 4 reactors, and 3 of 6 disctricts in the city of Visaginas didn’t reach the planned size due to Chernobyl tragedy. So it’s a big Soviet project, unfinished ambition, that is still alive and reminiscent of the times.
Power emploees will walk us through the Power plant all the way to the reactors and even stand on it, see the controls station, and all surroundings. We will meet locals who are in transition of purpose as the Power plant they have been working at is shutting down slowly but surely.
On the way back there are some National park sights that we should not miss.
The model of the Power plant is exactly the same as the one was in Chernobyl and this is a reason this one doesn’t produce electricity anymore, but still employs 2 000 people, and it is open to visitors with almost all access.
It is built in a great forest by a big lake, that once was a middle of nowhere. And it is not only the power plant but a city of 40 000 population came together. All built rapidly up to 3 of 4 reactors, and 3 of 6 disctricts in the city of Visaginas didn’t reach the planned size due to Chernobyl tragedy. So it’s a big Soviet project, unfinished ambition, that is still alive and reminiscent of the times.
Power emploees will walk us through the Power plant all the way to the reactors and even stand on it, see the controls station, and all surroundings. We will meet locals who are in transition of purpose as the Power plant they have been working at is shutting down slowly but surely.
On the way back there are some National park sights that we should not miss.
What’s included & not included
Entrance to Nuclear power Plant
Guide all the time
Profesional and local working guide Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant
Transportation to and from hotel
Safety clothes for visiting the restricted areas
Food or drinks
Gratuities
Meeting point
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