Chernobyl providing inspiration and income 35 years after disaster

A man walks past a shelter covering the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

Thirty five years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Ukrainians view the site not only as a baleful monument to human mistakes but also as a source of inspiration, solace and income.

Reactor No 4 at the power plant 65 miles north of the capital Kyiv exploded and caught fire deep in the night on April 26, 1986, shattering the building and spewing radioactive material high into the sky in what remains the world’s worst nuclear accident.