Chernobyl forests not decaying properly, scary legacy of the meltdown

[bob10]

Nuclear power can be a loyal servant, but a terrifying master. Imagine if that undergrowth caught fire, the resultant radioactive smoke would contaminate most of Europe. Bob


History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places | Smithsonian (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/forests-around-chernobyl-arent-decaying-properly-180950075/)

[Eevo]

good read

[disco man]

A good read also,and some very good links at the bottom of the page.

BBC News - Brown bears return to Chernobyl after a century away (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30197341)

[Lotz-A-Landies]

You know what's ironic about this? It was a Soviet era nuclear power plant, run under the soviet system and an accident caused because of that same system. It is in the Ukraine with an an uninhabitable exclusion zone caused by the Soviets. Now Russia, the masters of the Soviet system, want to invade, occupy and steal more land and enslave Ukrainians.

[Eevo]

Ukraine was part of the soviet system at the time
but your point is well taken