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Chernobyl Wildfires Reignite, Stirring Up Radiation

April 11, 2020Maria VarenikovaComments Off on Chernobyl Wildfires Reignite, Stirring Up Radiation
Wildfires are common in the so-called Zone of Alienation around the abandoned Chernobyl plant. A larger-than-typical fire is stirring up radiation, though levels remain normal in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.
Tagged Chernobyl (Ukraine), Kyiv (Ukraine), Nuclear Energy, Radiation, Russia, Ukraine, Wildfires
Maria Varenikova
https://www.nytimes.com/section/world

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