Forest Fires At Chernobyl Could Spawn Clouds of Radioactive Ash
In the years since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, the exclusion zone has morphed into an improbable nature reserve—untamed and untouched and, well, still radioactive. A study warns that forest fires could spread radioactive material from the site, but how dangerous the ash would be is unknown. The exclusion zone extends 30 kilometers, or 19 miles,…
