The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation (, Belarusian: зона адчужэння Чарнобыльскай АЭС, romanized: "zona adchuzhennya Charnobyl'skay AES", ) is an officially designated exclusion zone 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 (, Belarusian: Чарнобыльская зона, romanized: "Charnobyl'skaya zona", ).