Chernobyl Fires: How Wildfires Threaten Europe’s Nuclear Past
The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, a 2,600-square-kilometer area in northern Ukraine, remains one of the most contaminated places on Earth. Decades after the 1986 nuclear disaster, the region continues to face new challenges, including wildfires that threaten to release radioactive particles into the atmosphere. The most recent significant fire occurred in April 2020, scorching over 500…