page_title: Pripyat River
hierarchical_section_title: Pripyat River
caption_attribution_description: English: In looking for clues about the environmental effects of the radiation fall-out, scientists use nature's "outdoor laboratory" to probe for answers. The Pripyat River, situated by the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant feeds a large artificial lake called the Kiev Water Reservoir where scientists trawl for samples. (Pripyat, Ukraine, July 2005) Photo Credit: Petr Pavlicek/IAEA
context_page_description: The Pripyat River or Prypiat River is a river in Eastern Europe. It is about 710 km long. It flows east through Ukraine, Belarus, and Ukraine again. It drains into the Dnieper.
  The Pripyat passes through the zone of alienation around the Chernobyl reactor, site of the nuclear disaster. It is polluted with radionuclides. The amount of caesium-137 in river sediments continues to go up. The city of Prypiat, Ukraine was completely evacuated after the Chernobyl disaster.
context_section_description: The Pripyat River or Prypiat River is a river in Eastern Europe.  It is about 710 km (440 mi) long. It flows east through Ukraine, Belarus, and Ukraine again.  It drains into the Dnieper.
  The Pripyat passes through the zone of alienation around the Chernobyl reactor, site of the nuclear disaster. It is polluted with radionuclides. The amount of caesium-137 in river sediments continues to go up.  The city of Prypiat, Ukraine (population 45,000) was completely evacuated after the Chernobyl disaster.
caption: Pripyat River
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