Zones of Exclusion: Pripyat and ChernobylFirst edition of Zones of Exclusion: Pripyat and Chernobyl. First impression. Medium format hardback in near fine condition. Very slight shelf wear to outer edges of dust jacket otherwise pages and spine and intact and very clean. About In the eleven days following the Chernobyl catastrophe on April 26, 1986, more than 116,000 people were permanently evacuated from the area surrounding the nuclear power plant. Declared unfit for human habitation, the