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SCHWEIZ ATOMKRAFTWERK LEIBSTADT

Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt im Kanton Aarau, aufgenommen am 28. April 2012. (KEYSTONE/BRANKO DE LANG)

SCHWEIZ ATOMKRAFTWERK LEIBSTADT

Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt im Kanton Aarau, aufgenommen am 28. April 2012. (KEYSTONE/BRANKO DE LANG)

SCHWEIZ ATOMKRAFTWERK GOESGEN

Kuehlturm des Kernkraftwerks Goesgen hinter einem Bauernhof, aufgenommen am 25. Februar 2012. (KEYSTONE/BRANKO DE LANG)

SCHWEIZ ATOMKRAFTWERK GOESGEN

Kernkraftwerk Goesgen, aufgenommen am 25. Februar 2012. (KEYSTONE/BRANKO DE LANG)

SCHWEIZ ATOMKRAFTWERK GOESGEN

Blick von Obergoesgen auf das Kernkraftwerk Goesgen, aufgenommen am 25. Februar 2012. (KEYSTONE/BRANKO DE LANG)

SCHWEIZ ATOMKRAFTWERK GOESGEN

Kernkraftwerk Goesgen im Kanton Solothurn, aufgenommen am 26. April 2012. (KEYSTONE/BRANKO DE LANG)

SCHWEIZ ATOMKRAFTWERK GOESGEN

Kernkraftwerk Goesgen im Kanton Solothurn, aufgenommen am 26. April 2012. (KEYSTONE/BRANKO DE LANG)

SCHWEIZ ATOMKRAFTWERK GOESGEN

Kernkraftwerk Goesgen im Kanton Solothurn, aufgenommen am 26. April 2012. (KEYSTONE/BRANKO DE LANG)

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL

View onto the ghost town Pripyat near Chernobyl, not far from the site of the accident, pictured during the journalist trip of the SDC, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the Seco, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, in the Ukraine, on September 20, 2005. The town was evacuated, almost 50'000 people had to be rehoused. The atomic reactor unit 4 went out of control and exploded after an experiment on the night of April 24, 1986. (KEYSTONE/Sigi Tischler) Blick auf die Geisterstadt Pripyat bei Tschernobyl, unweit vom Ungluecksort entfernt, aufgenommen am Dienstag, 20. September 2005, anlaesslich der Jounalistenreise von Deza und Seco in die Ukraine. Die Stadt wurde gaenzlich evakuiert, annaehernd 50000 Menschen mussten ausgesiedelt werden. Der Atomreaktor Block 4 geriet in der Nacht vom 24. auf den 25. April 1986 nach einem Experiment ausser Kontrolle und explodierte. (KEYSTONE/Sigi Tischler) === , ===

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL

View onto the ghost town Pripyat near Chernobyl, not far from the site of the accident, pictured during the journalist trip of the SDC, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the Seco, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, in the Ukraine, on September 20, 2005. The town was evacuated, almost 50'000 people had to be rehoused. The atomic reactor unit 4 went out of control and exploded after an experiment on the night of April 24, 1986. (KEYSTONE/Sigi Tischler) Blick auf die Geisterstadt Pripyat bei Tschernobyl, unweit vom Ungluecksort entfernt, aufgenommen am Dienstag, 20. September 2005, anlaesslich der Jounalistenreise von Deza und Seco in die Ukraine. Die Stadt wurde gaenzlich evakuiert, annaehernd 50000 Menschen mussten ausgesiedelt werden. Der Atomreaktor Block 4 geriet in der Nacht vom 24. auf den 25. April 1986 nach einem Experiment ausser Kontrolle und explodierte. (KEYSTONE/Sigi Tischler) === , ===

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL

View onto the ghost town Pripyat near Chernobyl, not far from the site of the accident, pictured during the journalist trip of the SDC, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the Seco, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, in the Ukraine, on September 20, 2005. The town was evacuated, almost 50'000 people had to be rehoused. The atomic reactor unit 4 went out of control and exploded after an experiment on the night of April 24, 1986. (KEYSTONE/Sigi Tischler) Blick auf die Geisterstadt Pripyat bei Tschernobyl, unweit vom Ungluecksort entfernt, aufgenommen am Dienstag, 20. September 2005, anlaesslich der Jounalistenreise von Deza und Seco in die Ukraine. Die Stadt wurde gaenzlich evakuiert, annaehernd 50000 Menschen mussten ausgesiedelt werden. Der Atomreaktor Block 4 geriet in der Nacht vom 24. auf den 25. April 1986 nach einem Experiment ausser Kontrolle und explodierte. (KEYSTONE/Sigi Tischler) === , ===

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL

View onto the ghost town Pripyat near Chernobyl, not far from the site of the accident, pictured during the journalist trip of the SDC, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the Seco, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, in the Ukraine, on September 20, 2005. The town was evacuated, almost 50'000 people had to be rehoused. The atomic reactor unit 4 went out of control and exploded after an experiment on the night of April 24, 1986. (KEYSTONE/Sigi Tischler) Blick auf die Geisterstadt Pripyat bei Tschernobyl, unweit vom Ungluecksort entfernt, aufgenommen am Dienstag, 20. September 2005, anlaesslich der Jounalistenreise von Deza und Seco in die Ukraine. Die Stadt wurde gaenzlich evakuiert, annaehernd 50000 Menschen mussten ausgesiedelt werden. Der Atomreaktor Block 4 geriet in der Nacht vom 24. auf den 25. April 1986 nach einem Experiment ausser Kontrolle und explodierte. (KEYSTONE/Sigi Tischler) === , ===

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL

The destroyed atomic reactor unit 4 in Chernobyl, Ukraine, which went out of control and exploded after an experiment on the night of April 24, 1986, pictured during the journalist trip of the SDC, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the Seco, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, in the Ukraine, on September 20, 2005. Up to 3000 roentgen are measured in the "Sarcophagus", the steel casing with 10'000 tonnes of lead, sand, boron and clay. (KEYSTONE/Sigi Tischler) Blick auf den zerstoerten Atomreaktor Block 4 in Tschernobyl, welcher in der Nacht vom 24. auf 25. April 1986 nach einem Experiment ausser Kontrolle geriet und explodierte, aufgenommen am Dienstag, 20. September 2005, anlaesslich der Jounalistenreise von Deza und Seco in die Ukraine. Im "Sarkophag", der Stahlhuelle mit Zehntausend Tonnen Blei, Sand, Bor und Ton gefuellt, werden noch bis zu 3000 Roentgen gemessen. (KEYSTONE/Sigi Tischler) === , ===

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL

The destroyed atomic reactor unit 4 in Chernobyl, Ukraine, which went out of control and exploded after an experiment on the night of April 24, 1986, pictured during the journalist trip of the SDC, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the Seco, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, in the Ukraine, on September 20, 2005. Up to 3000 roentgen are measured in the "Sarcophagus", the steel casing with 10'000 tonnes of lead, sand, boron and clay. (KEYSTONE/Sigi Tischler) Blick auf den zerstoerten Atomreaktor Block 4 in Tschernobyl, welcher in der Nacht vom 24. auf 25. April 1986 nach einem Experiment ausser Kontrolle geriet und explodierte, aufgenommen am Dienstag, 20. September 2005, anlaesslich der Jounalistenreise von Deza und Seco in die Ukraine. Im "Sarkophag", der Stahlhuelle mit Zehntausend Tonnen Blei, Sand, Bor und Ton gefuellt, werden noch bis zu 3000 Roentgen gemessen. (KEYSTONE/Sigi Tischler) === , ===

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL

The destroyed atomic reactor unit 4 in Chernobyl, Ukraine, which went out of control and exploded after an experiment on the night of April 24, 1986, pictured during the journalist trip of the SDC, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the Seco, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, in the Ukraine, on September 20, 2005. Up to 3000 roentgen are measured in the "Sarcophagus", the steel casing with 10'000 tonnes of lead, sand, boron and clay. (KEYSTONE/Sigi Tischler) Blick auf den zerstoerten Atomreaktor Block 4 in Tschernobyl, welcher in der Nacht vom 24. auf 25. April 1986 nach einem Experiment ausser Kontrolle geriet und explodierte, aufgenommen am Dienstag, 20. September 2005, anlaesslich der Jounalistenreise von Deza und Seco in die Ukraine. Im "Sarkophag", der Stahlhuelle mit Zehntausend Tonnen Blei, Sand, Bor und Ton gefuellt, werden noch bis zu 3000 Roentgen gemessen. (KEYSTONE/Sigi Tischler) === , ===

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL

The destroyed atomic reactor unit 4 in Chernobyl, Ukraine, which went out of control and exploded after an experiment on the night of April 24, 1986, pictured during the journalist trip of the SDC, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the Seco, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, in the Ukraine, on September 20, 2005. Up to 3000 roentgen are measured in the "Sarcophagus", the steel casing with 10'000 tonnes of lead, sand, boron and clay. (KEYSTONE/Sigi Tischler) Blick auf den zerstoerten Atomreaktor Block 4 in Tschernobyl, welcher in der Nacht vom 24. auf 25. April 1986 nach einem Experiment ausser Kontrolle geriet und explodierte, aufgenommen am Dienstag, 20. September 2005, anlaesslich der Jounalistenreise von Deza und Seco in die Ukraine. Im "Sarkophag", der Stahlhuelle mit Zehntausend Tonnen Blei, Sand, Bor und Ton gefuellt, werden noch bis zu 3000 Roentgen gemessen. (KEYSTONE/Sigi Tischler) === , ===

SCHWEIZ ATOMKRAFTWERK LEIBSTADT

Leibstadt nuclear power station, Switzerland. Nuclear power station at night. Leibstadt boiling water reactor (BWR) nuclear power station in Leibstadt, Switzerland. The reactor is housed in the domed building, a cooling tower is also seen (centre). A BWR is a design in which water is used as both the coolant and the moderator. The moderator slows down the neutrons emitted by nuclear fission, in order to sustain a chain reaction. The water boils in the reactor core and the resulting steam is used to drive a turbine, generating electricity. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/MARTIN BOND) === ===

DEUTSCHLAND ATOMKRAFTWERK LEIBSTADT

[Stockbild] Blick auf Leibstadt. Elektrizitaet. Energie. Strom. Starkstrom. Strommast. Strommarkt. Ueberlandleitung. Elektromasten. Hochspannungsmasten. Hochspannungsleitung. Stromversorgung. Stromkabelmarkt. Energieversorgung. Elektrizitaetsmarkt. Energietransport. Energiepolitik. Kraftwerk. Kernkraftwerk. Atomkraftwerk. (KEYSTONE/Martin Ruetschi) :DIA, Nr. 254738]

DEUTSCHLAND ATOMKRAFTWERK LEIBSTADT

[Stockbild] Blick auf Leibstadt. Elektrizitaet. Energie. Kuehlturm. Strom. Starkstrom. Strommast. Strommarkt. Ueberlandleitung. Elektromasten. Hochspannungsmasten. Hochspannungsleitung. Stromversorgung. Stromkabelmarkt. Energieversorgung. Elektrizitaetsmarkt. Energietransport. Energiepolitik. Kraftwerk. Kernkraftwerk. Atomkraft. Atomkraftwerk. (KEYSTONE/Martin Ruetschi) :FILM]

SCHWEIZ ATOMKRAFTWERK LEIBSTADT

[Stockbild] Schweiz. Leibstadt. Kanton Aargau. Siedewasserreaktor. Kuehlturm. Fluss Rhein. Strom. Starkstrom. Strommarkt. Stromversorgung. Energieversorgung. Elektrizitaetsmarkt. Energietransport. Energiepolitik. Kraftwerk. Atomkraftwerk. Juli 2002. (KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally) === , LUFTAUFNAHME === :DIA]

SCHWEIZ ATOMKRAFTWERK BEZNAU

[Stockbild] Schweiz. Beznau. Fluss Aare. Strom. Starkstrom. Strommarkt. Stromversorgung. Energieversorgung. Elektrizitaetsmarkt. Energietransport. Energiepolitik. Kraftwerk. Atomkraftwerk. Juli 2002. (KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally) === LUFTAUFNAHME === :DIA]

SCHWEIZ ATOMKRAFTWERK LEIBSTADT

[Stockbild] Schweiz. Leibstadt. Kanton Aargau. Siedewasserreaktor. Kuehlturm. Strom. Starkstrom. Strommarkt. Stromversorgung. Energieversorgung. Elektrizitaetsmarkt. Energietransport. Energiepolitik. Kraftwerk. Atomkraftwerk. Juli 2002. (KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally) === LUFTAUFNAHME ===:DIA]

SCHWEIZ ATOMKRAFTWERK LEIBSTADT

[Stockbild] Schweiz. Leibstadt. Kanton Aargau. Siedewasserreaktor. Kuehlturm. Fluss Rhein. Strom. Starkstrom. Strommarkt. Stromversorgung. Energieversorgung. Elektrizitaetsmarkt. Energietransport. Energiepolitik. Kraftwerk. Atomkraftwerk. Juli 2002. (KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally) === LUFTAUFNAHME ===:DIA]

SCHWEIZ ATOMKRAFTWERK LEIBSTADT

[Stockbild] Schweiz. Leibstadt. Kanton aargau. Siedewasserreaktor. Kuehlturm. Fluss Rhein. Strom. Starkstrom. Strommarkt. Stromversorgung. Energieversorgung. Elektrizitaetsmarkt. Energietransport. Energiepolitik. Kraftwerk. Atomkraftwerk. Juli 2002. (KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally) === LUFTAUFNAHME ===:DIA]

SCHWEIZ ATOMKRAFTWERK LEIBSTADT

Luftaufnahme des Atom-Kraftwerks Leibstadt, aufgenommen am Montag, 22. Juli 2002. (KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally)

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL PRYPJAT

Abandoned Town of Pripyat. An explosion at the Chernobyl Power Station in April 1986 caused catastrophic damage to large areas of the surrounding countryside in nearby Ukraine and Belarus. Picture shows the abandoned civic centre of the company town of Pripyat, 2KM from the reactor, once home to 50,000 workers and families. Chernobyl, Ukraine 2005. (KEYSTONE/CAMERA PRESS/Caroline Cortizo) === ===

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL PRYPJAT

Abandoned Town of Pripyat. An explosion at the Chernobyl Power Station in April 1986 caused catastrophic damage to large areas of the surrounding countryside in nearby Ukraine and Belarus. Picture shows the abandoned civic centre of the company town of Pripyat, 2KM from the reactor, once home to 50,000 workers and families. Chernobyl, Ukraine 2005. (KEYSTONE/CAMERA PRESS/Caroline Cortizo) === ===

UDSSR TSCHERNOBYL

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant sarcophagus as it is. (KEYSTONE/SPUTNIK/Igor Kostin)

WEISSRUSSLAND UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL

The checkpoint of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant's exclusion zone in Kozhushki village in the Gomel Region, the Republic of Belarus, that was evacuated in 1986 after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant's fourth reactor exploded. The Polesye State Radiation-Environmental Reserve which was established here is off limits to visitors and is guarded by the police. (KEYSTONE/SPUTNIK/Ivan Rudnev)

UDSSR TSCHERNOBYL 1986

Decontamination of Chernobyl nuclear power station where desastrous accident occured on April 26, 1986. (KEYSTONE/SPUTNIK/Vitaliy Ankov)

UDSSR TSCHERNOBYL 1986

MI-26 helicopter with dosimetrists monitoring the situation in the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster vicinity. (KEYSTONE/SPUTNIK/V. Chistiakov)

CHERNOBYL TODAY BY ODED BALILTY

The hands of Ukrainian woman seen as she lights candles to commemorate those who died after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, during a ceremony at the memorial to Chernobyl firefighters in the city of Slavutich, Tuesday, April 25, 2006. Ukraine marked the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which was the world's worst ever nuclear accident. Some 50,000 Pripyat residents were evacuated after the disaster, taking only a few belongings. They never returned, and workers and their families now live in the new town of Slavutich, 60 km (37,5 miles) from the plant. The city of Slavutich was built following the evacuation of Pripyat, which was just 1.5 km (about one mile) away from the Chernobyl plant. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

CHERNOBYL TODAY BY ODED BALILTY

A security guard is seen through a window at the entrance to Pripyat in the exclusion zone around the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant Sunday, April 2, 2006.Pripyat, the town of 47,000-people near Chernobyl nuclear power plant that was completely evacuated within days after the accident. The world will mark the 20th anniversary this month of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which sent a radioactive cloud across Europe.(KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

CHERNOBYL TODAY BY ODED BALILTY

A dog and a cat walk freely in the abandoned town of Pripyat in exclusion zone around the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant Sunday, April 2, 2006.Pripyat, the town of 47,000-people near Chernobyl nuclear power plant that was completely evacuated within days after the accident. The world will mark the 20th anniversary this month of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which sent a radioactive cloud across Europe. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

CHERNOBYL TODAY BY ODED BALILTY

An abandoned neighborhood seen through a broken window in Pripyat, the town of 47,000-people near Chernobyl nuclear power plant that was completely evacuted after the accident, Sunday, April 2, 2006.The world will mark the 20th anniversary this month of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which sent a radiactive cloud across Europe. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

CHERNOBYL TODAY BY ODED BALILTY

Graffiti seen on an abandoned house in Pripyat, the town of 47,000-people near Chernobyl nuclear power plant that was completely evacuted after the accident Sunday, April 2, 2006. The world will mark the 20th anniversary this month of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which sent a radiactive cloud across Europe. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

CHERNOBYL TODAY BY ODED BALILTY

Mailboxes are seen in abandoned building in Pripyat, the town of 47,000-people near Chernobyl nuclear power plant that was completely evacuted after the accident, Sunday, April 2, 2006. The world will mark the 20th anniversary this month of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which sent a radiactive cloud across Europe. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

CHERNOBYL TODAY BY ODED BALILTY

Soviet-era newspapers and other documents scattered are seen in abandoned hospital in Pripyat, the town of 47,000-people near Chernobyl nuclear power plant that was completely evacuted after the accidentSunday, April 2, 2006. The world will mark the 20th anniversary this month of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which sent a radiactive cloud across Europe. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

CHERNOBYL TODAY BY ODED BALILTY

Baby cradles are seen in a hospital in the abandoned town of Pripyat, exclusion zone around the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant Sunday, April 2, 2006.Pripyat, the town of 47,000-people near Chernobyl nuclear power plant that was completely evacuted within days after the accident. The world will mark the 20th anniversary this month of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which sent a radiactive cloud across Europe. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL PRYPJAT

A view of the deserted city of Pripyat on Wednesday, 19 April 2006. One of two reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded in a power test in 1986. The Pripyat city population of 47,000 were evacuated after the explosion on 26 April 1986. Ukrainians will mark the twentieth anniversary of the world's worst nuclear power accident on 26 April. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO PROTECTIVE REPEAT

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL PRYPJAT

The beds pictured at a kindergarten in the deserted city of Pripyat on Wednesday, 19 April 2006. One of two reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded in a power test in 1986. The Pripyat city population of 47,000 were evacuated after the explosion on 26 April 1986. Ukrainians will mark the twentieth anniversary of the world's worst nuclear power accident on 26 April. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL PRYPJAT

The gasmask and doll pictured at a kindergarten in the deserted city of Pripyat on Wednesday, 19 April 2006. One of two reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded in a power test in 1986. The Pripyat city population of 47,000 were evacuated after the explosion on 26 April 1986. Ukrainians will mark the twentieth anniversary of the world's worst nuclear power accident on 26 April. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO

CHERNOBYL TODAY BY ODED BALILTY

Ukrainian school teachers walk inside a nuclear bomb shelter inside the school in the city of Slavutich, Friday, April 21, 2006. Some 50,000 Pripyat residents were evacuated after the disaster, taking only a few belongings. They never returned, and workers and their families now live in the new town of Slavutich, 60 km (37,5 miles) from the plant. The city of Slavutich was built following the evacuation of Pripyat, which was just 1.5 km (about one mile) away from the Chernobyl plant. On April 26, the world will mark the 20th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which sent radioactive cloud across Europe.(KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

CHERNOBYL TODAY BY ODED BALILTY

A Ukrainian school janitor cleans basins in a school at the city of Slavutich, Friday, April 21, 2006. Some 50,000 Pripyat residents were evacuated after the disaster, taking only a few belongings. They never returned, and workers and their families now live in the new town of Slavutich, 60 km (37,5 miles) from the plant. The city of Slavutich was built following the evacuation of Pripyat, which was just 1.5 km (about one mile) away from the Chernobyl plant. On April 26, the world will mark the 20th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which sent radioactive cloud across Europe.(KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

CHERNOBYL TODAY BY ODED BALILTY

A Ukrainian student tries on a gas mask as a part of a safety drill in a school in the city of Slavutich, Friday, April 21, 2006. Some 50,000 Pripyat residents were evacuated after the disaster, taking only a few belongings. They never returned, and workers and their families now live in the new town of Slavutich, 60 km (37,5 miles) from the plant. The city of Slavutich was built following the evacuation of Pripyat, which was just 1.5 km (about one mile) away from the Chernobyl plant. On April 26, the world will mark the 20th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which sent radioactive cloud across Europe.(KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

CHERNOBYL TODAY BY ODED BALILTY

A Ukrainian school child tries on a gas mask as part of a safety drill in a school in the city of Slavutich, Friday, April 21, 2006. Some 50,000 people from Pripyat residents were evacuated after the disaster, taking only a few belongings. They never returned, and workers and their families now live in the new town of Slavutich, 60 km (37,5 miles) from the plant. The city of Slavutich was built following the evacuation of Pripyat, which was just 1.5 km (about one mile) away from the Chernobyl plant. On April 26, the world will mark the 20th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which sent radioactive cloud across Europe.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL PRYPJAT

An amusement park in the abandoned town of Pripiyat three kilometers of Chernobyl plant, Monday 17 April 2006. It's 55,000 people once boasted theirs was the most progressive town in Ukraine, nation of 52 million. The town built for workers at Chornobyl's four nuclear plants and had playgrounds, high rise apartments, restaurants, a music hall, a cultural center, an indoor pool and several athletic stadiums -- to compensate nuclear plant workers for their isolation. But things changed on April 26th, 1986, at 1:26 am -- and today, Pripyat is a Ghost town surrounded by barbed wire. (KEYSTONE/EPA/NICK ALLEN)

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL PRYPJAT

An amusement park in the abandoned town of Pripiyat three kilometers of Chernobyl plant, Monday 17 April 2006. It's 55,000 people once boasted theirs was the most progressive town in Ukraine, nation of 52 million. The town built for workers at Chornobyl's four nuclear plants and had playgrounds, high rise apartments, restaurants, a music hall, a cultural center, an indoor pool and several athletic stadiums -- to compensate nuclear plant workers for their isolation. But things changed on April 26th, 1986, at 1:26 am -- and today, Pripyat is a Ghost town surrounded by barbed wire. (KEYSTONE/EPA/NICK ALLEN)

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL PRYPJAT

Ein Bild vom 1. Maerz 2006 zeigt leere Wohnhaeuser in der Stadt Pripyat in der Naehe des ukrainischen Kernkraftwerks Tschernobyl. Die Katastrophe in dem dortigen Kernkraftwerk jaehrt sich am Mittwoch, 26. April 2006, zum 20. Mal. In den ersten Tagen nach der Havarie vom 26. April 1986 wurden rund 200.000 Menschen aus dem unmittelbaren Umkreis des Kernkraftwerks evakuiert. Um Panik zu vermeiden, wurde den 50.000 Einwohnern von Prybjat vor der Raeumung mitgeteilt, es handle sich um eine militaerische Uebung. Deshalb wurde alles Hab und Gut zurueckgelassen. Auf dem zentralen Platz steht immer noch das Riesenrad, das fuer die Feiern zum 1. Mai aufgestellt worden war. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

CHERNOBYL TODAY BY ODED BALILTY

A worker from Chernobyl power station looks out of a window on the train to Chernobyl, at the railway station in the city of Slavutich, Monday, April 17, 2006. Some 50,000 Pripyat residents were evacuated after the disaster, taking only a few belongings. They never returned, and workers and their families now live in the new town of Slavutich, 60 km from the plant. The city of Slavutich was built following the evacuation of Pripyat, which was just 1.5 km away from the Chernobyl plant. On April 26, Ukraine will mark the 20th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

CHERNOBYL TODAY BY ODED BALILTY

Ukrainian workers from the Chernobyl power station take their seats on the train to Chernobyl, at the railway station in the city of Slavutich, Monday, April 17, 2006. Some 50,000 Pripyat residents were evacuated after the disaster, taking only a few belongings. They never returned, and workers and their families now live in the new town of Slavutich, 60 km from the plant. The city of Slavutich was built following the evacuation of Pripyat, which was just 1.5 km away from the Chernobyl plant. On April 26, Ukraine will mark the 20th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

CHERNOBYL TODAY BY ODED BALILTY

A worker from the Chernobyl power station looks out of a window on the train to Chernobyl, at the railway station in the city of Slavutich, Monday, April 17, 2006. Some 50,000 Pripyat residents were evacuated after the disaster, taking only a few belongings. They never returned, and workers and their families now live in the new town of Slavutich, 60 km from the plant. The city of Slavutich was built following the evacuation of Pripyat, which was just 1.5 km away from the Chernobyl plant. On April 26, Ukraine will mark the 20th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

CHERNOBYL TODAY BY ODED BALILTY

Flowers placed on the monument for victims of the Chernobyl's nuclear disaster, in the city of Slavutich, Monday, April 17, 2006. Around 50,000 Pripyat residents were evacuated after the disaster, taking only few belongings, they never returned, workers and their families now live in a the new town of Slavutich, 30 km from the plant. The city was built following the evacuation of Pripyat, which was just 3 km away. On April 26, Ukraine will mark the 20th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

CHERNOBYL TODAY BY ODED BALILTY

Flowers placed on the monument for victims of the Chernobyl's nuclear disaster, in the city of Slavutich, Monday, April 17, 2006. Around 50,000 Pripyat residents were evacuated after the disaster, taking only few belongings, they never returned, workers and their families now live in a the new town of Slavutich, 30 km from the plant. The city was built following the evacuation of Pripyat, which was just 3 km away. On April 26, Ukraine will mark the 20th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

CHERNOBYL TODAY BY ODED BALILTY

Ukrainian workers from Chernobyl power station wait to board a train to Chernobyl, at the railway station in the city of Slavutich, Monday, April 17, 2006. around 50,000 Pripyat residents were evacuated after the disaster, taking only few belongings. They never returned, workers and their families now live in a the new town of Slavutich, 30 km from the plant. the city was built following the evacuation of Pripyat, which was just 3 km away. On April 26, Ukraine will mark the 20th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL PRYPJAT

The graffiti on a wall of the deserted city of Pripyat on Saturday, 15 April 2006. Seven artists from Belarus, Russia and Germany painted graffiti as reminder about catastrophe. One of two reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded in a power test on 1986. The Pripyat city of 47,000 was evacuated after explosion at 26 April 1986. Ukrainians will mark the twentieth anniversary of the world‘s worst nuclear power accident on 26 April. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL PRYPJAT

The graffiti on a wall of the deserted city of Pripyat on Saturday, 15 April 2006. Seven artists from Belarus, Russia and Germany painted graffiti as reminder about catastrophe. One of two reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded in a power test on 1986. The Pripyat city of 47,000 was evacuated after explosion at 26 April 1986. Ukrainians will mark the twentieth anniversary of the world‘s worst nuclear power accident on 26 April. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL PRYPJAT

The graffiti on a wall of the deserted city of Pripyat on Saturday, 15 April 2006. Seven artists from Belarus, Russia and Germany painted graffiti as reminder about catastrophe. One of two reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded in a power test on 1986. The Pripyat city of 47,000 was evacuated after explosion at 26 April 1986. Ukrainians will mark the twentieth anniversary of the world‘s worst nuclear power accident on 26 April. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL PRYPJAT

The graffiti on a wall of the deserted city of Pripyat on Saturday, 15 April 2006. Seven artists from Belarus, Russia and Germany painted graffiti as reminder about catastrophe. One of two reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded in a power test on 1986. The Pripyat city of 47,000 was evacuated after explosion at 26 April 1986. Ukrainians will mark the twentieth anniversary of the world‘s worst nuclear power accident on 26 April. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL PRYPJAT

The side-shows in the abandoned amusement park in the deserted city of Pripyat on Saturday, 15 April 2006. One of two reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded in a power test on 1986. The Pripyat city of 47,000 was evacuated after explosion at 26 April 1986. Ukrainians will mark the twentieth anniversary of the world‘s worst nuclear power accident on 26 April. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL PRYPJAT

A view from a building in the abandoned town of Pripyat on the fourth energy block of Chernobyl nuclear power plant on Saturday, 15 April 2006. One of two reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded in a power test on 1986. The Pripyat city of 47,000 was evacuated after explosion at 26 April 1986. Ukrainians will mark the twentieth anniversary of the world worst nuclear power accident on 26 April. (KEYSTONE/EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO)

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL PRYPJAT

Guards outside the closed entrance to the deserted city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The city of 47,000 had already been evacuated after the April 26, 1986, explosion of Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The explosion scattered radioactive particles across Europe in the world's worst-ever nuclear disaster. Ukraine is preparing to mark the 20th anniversary later this month. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL PRYPJAT

View of an evacuated apartment building in deserted city of Pripyat, which was built to house the Chernobyl nuclear power plant's reactors and is located near the reactor. The Soviet-era writing on the wall of the building reads: "Party of Lenin. Strength of the People." The city of 47,000 had already been evacuated after the April 26, 1986, explosion of Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The explosion scattered radioactive particles across Europe in the world's worst-ever nuclear disaster. Ukraine is preparing to mark the 20th anniversary later this month. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

UKRAINE TSCHERNOBYL PRYPJAT

Chernobyl nuclear power plant's damaged Reactor No. 4 is seen from Pripyat on March 10, 2006. Pripyat was home to the plant's workers, and the entire town of 47,000 was evacuated after the accident, with residents forced to leave behind their belongings and even pets. Ukraine is preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of the explosion on April 26, 2006. It was the world's worst-ever nuclear accident, spewing radioactive clouds that blanketed much of Europe. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)