Monday, June 24, 2013

At Chernobyl, Radioactive Danger Lurks in the Trees

Chernobyl reactor Nos. 5 and 6 were under construction at the time of the No. 4 explosion and remain frozen in time. But forests in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have been absorbing radioactive elements since the 1986 accident, and scientists fear a wildfire could trigger another…

Source:At Chernobyl, Radioactive Danger Lurks in the Trees



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