What happened to Chernobyl up to the year 2070? Options

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Hi everyone!

I'm trying to come up with a quest line for my runners and thought "what about Chernobyl?"
But I couldn't find any information about it, that would mean I could come up with anything I want right?

Here a few pictures of Pripyat and the reactor block 4. Hope you see now why this area is so mysterious and would be perfect for a shadowrun campaign!

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Pripyat Town View
Pripyat School
Pripyat View
Reactor Block 4

My thoughts on Chernobyl were:
- Still heavily radiated
- Humans try to avoid it (except squatters, toxic shamans, insect shamans etc.)
- Wildlife has flourished and a lot of paranormal critters occupy "red forest"
- Prypjat would be a hideout place for squatters and a like
- Prypjat got overrun by nature, most buildings are destroyed or are dangerous to enter. Roads are mostly destroyed by plant roots and debris.
- The reactor is now shielded by a second layer sarcophag to prevent further poullution of the surroundings
- A high force free spirit inhabitates the reactor (toxic spirit) and is aspected to the domain
- A colony of bug spirits has established a hideout in the outer perimeter of "the zone". (Cockroaches)
- The outer ring of "the zone" is protected by military and police force, they don't want anyone entering the zone and damage/destroy the sarcophag holding back the radiation. Also russian scientists study paracritters, gather magical materials and try to contain the radiation through ritual magic.
- A lot of high rating magical materials can be found in the zone, that's why a lot of mages try to break through and gather them (hello stalker universe (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) )
- Some people talk gossip about "unique Items" that got special magical propertys (use the unique enchantment rules from digital grimoir for a quest involving an artifact maybe?, maybe it's just people talking crap because "the zone" is mysterious)
- the zone is also a smuggling shortcut for the russian mob

Does anyone else have any suggestions what chernobyl has become in the year 2070?
I'd love to create a campaign involving deserted areas like that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

EDIT:
I've tried myself in making a map for chernobyl in the year 2070
The map of the Reactor Block 4 and Pripyat belong to the stalker game series and are their property.

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Map of Pryp'yat Inkscape edited
Map of Chernobyl Reactor
Map of Pripyat

- The Military border is heavily guarded with a wall and patrol drones. Military personal comes only if the drones get alerted.
- There's also a military outpost to stufy paracritters, materials and the reactor with it's spirits.
- Checkpoint KIR is the only way to enter Chernobyl from Russia. Only other way would be to try to enter from Ukraine (top of the map)
- In Pripyat Town are some Squatters but most inhabitants are Toxic Shamans that try to spread the radiation and worship the free ghost inhabitating reactor block 4 where the radiation is still fatal.
- In the middle of the red forest is an insect hive that lives next to paracritters and mutated flora
- Red Forest is still heavily radiated and the soil is contaminated. Not advised to enter without any protection radiation gear.
- Inside the red forest lives a wild spirit, defending the forest and the paracritters inside from any harm. Military Scientists fail to banish him and aren't able to enter a big part of the forest
- Squatter Town is a small outpost for homeless people and treasure hunters. The military has tried several times to clear the area but they face heavy resistance from toxic shamans, squatters, treasure hunters and the spirits living there.
- Toxic shamans raid squatter town sometime to gather people for possesion spirits.

I will expand my "ideal version" of Chernobyl in the year 2070 and try to make a PDF with backgroundstory etc. for it
If you want to contribute then feel free to give me your ideas!
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