CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — What happens when the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident is left all but abandoned for nearly 30 years?
Chernobyl power plant in 2006. (Photo courtesy of Carl Montgomery via Flickr)
In the case of Chernobyl, it becomes a unique chance to see how wildlife recovers in what is a giant nature reserve, bereft of humans but tainted by radiation.
“When the people left, nature returned,” Denys Vyshnevskiy, a biologist in Chernobyl’s so-called exclusion zone, told AFP during a visit, while nearby a herd of wild horses nosed around for food.
Some may wonder how the northern edge of the …read more
Source: Malaya Business Insight
