Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190608:10:47:00
Telling the story of the explosion at the number four reactor and the workers who battled to save it. and now the real chernobyl site is seeing its own tourist boom. since the mini series started airing tourism is up 40%. >> it's very surreal being here. >> such a sobering place. it's a beautiful place. >> reporter: officials say radiation levels are now low enough that visiting is safe even though no one has been allowed to live here for decades. >> the radiation is always in the back of your head but i want to see this all so badly that it was a risk i was willing to take. >> that soviet nuc...