Chernobyl Site Will be Included Into the Official Euro-2012 Tour Program

KIEV, Ukraine, December 15, 2010 - The exclusion zone of Chernobyl nuclear power plant can be
included into the official tour program of Euro-2012 in Ukraine. This was
announced today by the Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations Vitaliy But,
during a signing ceremony of a joint action plan for EURO-2012 between the
Ministries of Emergency of Ukraine and Poland.

Earlier this week, the Minister of Emergency situations of
Ukraine, Viktor Baloha, stated that the exclusion zone will open for tourists
starting from January 2011.

As of now, a limited number of visitors are already allowed
into the 30-kilometer (19-mile) exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear
power plant, which exploded and burned in 1986. According to Baloha, the
Ukrainian government will present a detailed plan for lifting the remaining
restrictions on travel to the area on December 21.

Currently, guides from the Chernobyl Authority Zone take small
groups of people into the exclusion area for a day tour during the summer
time. The tours on site usually take three to five hours.

For all the Ukrainian people Chernobyl is a tragedy site.
Meanwhile, by telling the true Chernobyl story to the world, the country
intends to dispel a number of myths and fears spreading around the world
about the exclusion zone. For instance, the radiation level that a visitor
receives during an excursion is nearly equal to the one that he gets on board
of a plane and is lower than the one he gets during an X-ray examination.

For more information, please contact Maryna Khorunzha +38-0509151565 news at wnu-ukraine.com, Project Manager at Worldwide News Ukraine