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Effects of the Chernobyl disaster

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Chernobyl has become a refuge for wildlife 33 years after the nuclear accident

May 13, 2019Environment

The initial impact of the catastrophe on nature was important, but the exclusion zone has now become a natural reserve.

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Despite the risks, holdouts refuse to abandon Ukraine’s radiation hotspots

August 27, 2018Environment

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