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“Then why can’t they come here. You could live together...” “There’s radiation here. They’re not allowed.” “I seems that for your kin it’s not allowed, but is it okay to let the children of others burn?” I received no answer to this question. And the line of requests continued. Even in the “zone” people want to live like people. However, securing reasonable living conditions for them there is not more difficult than any where else. But, would this attention become one more enticement for new workers to move into the “zone?” Therefore, the question is what to do? Today there are a few variants on the theme and each one has many supporters. First variant. Get all the people out of there imme diately and make the “zone” totally secure. Second variant. Leave everything as it is. The self settlers made the decision to live there of their own free will, choosing between safety and the comfort of what they were used to. Therefore they should bear the con sequences of their decision. The government owes them nothing, and is no less to blame for their fate than for the fate of the other victims of Chornobil. Also, do not open any stores or medical facilities. Third Variant. To leave to the winds over a thou sand of one’s own countrymen is disgraceful. Although, sending people into the “zone” to service those who live there is also unacceptable. But, there will always be volunteers who will want to make a lot of money. They will be aware what they are risking and the government will compensate them for this. The “zone” needs atten tion, needs investments in services and law and order. Maximum penalties should be levied against individuals who sell products grown in the “zone” as well as against those who attempt to sell objects from abandoned homes (do you know how many goods there are in the aban doned buildings?). Fourth Variant. Because it would not be possible to get all the self-settlers out of the “zone”, perhaps the situation could be used as an experiment and could be studied? Other nations would pay heavily to be able to monitor the effect of radiation on the human condition in the natural environment. This money would be used to save the victims of Chornobil, particularly the children. Fifth Variant, (it has already begun to be realized). Why not convert the 30-kilometer “zone” into a tourist Mecca of the republic. Such propositions have already been received by the Ukrainian republic’s tourist bureau from the personnel of public relations and that of non traditional technology of the Chornobil Atomic Electro Station. They promise that the seekers of highs and those with strong nerves tracing the route of Kiev- Chornobil, will receive only 1/20 of the radiation dose which the passengers of flights between Moscow and Leningrad are subjected to. Here I have presented to you five hypothetical var iants on how to solve the problem of the “zone.” None of the variants have as yet been examined by any serious institution. Vasyl Lisovyj Major consultant Committee to the National Council of Ukraine on the Chornobil disaster Чорнобиль. Зона відчуження, 1989 р. Люди, які повернулися Chornobyl. Zone of desolation, 1989. Those who have come до своїх домівок. Фото Л ідії Орел. back to their homes. Photo L. Orel. ’’НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, КВІТЕНЬ, 1993 19
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