Tag Archive for 'Chernobyl disaster'

Zoning of contaminated territory of Ukraine according to current and field study plot. Image credit: Smith et al., doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2025.107698.

Vast Areas of Chornobyl-Affected Farmland in Ukraine Can Now Be Safely Farmed, Scientists Claim

May 5, 2025 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the United Kingdom and Ukraine has developed a new method for the safe reassessment of farmland abandoned after the Chornobyl...

Ten mammalian and five bird species were documented scavenging fish carcasses in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone including Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra). Image credit: Schlichting et al, doi: 10.1016/j.fooweb.2018.e00107.

Wildlife is Abundant in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Confirms New Study

Feb 4, 2019 by News Staff

A new study published in the journal Food Webs provides additional evidence that wildlife is abundant in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, a large area of...

Chernobyl disaster aftermath: reactor 4 (center), turbine building (lower left) and reactor 3 (center right).

New Study Rewrites First Seconds of Chernobyl Accident

Nov 21, 2017 by News Staff

According to an analysis published in the journal Nuclear Technology, the first of the two major explosions reported by eyewitnesses of the Chernobyl disaster...