CHERNOBYL'S nuclear zone has seen wildlife 'adapt' to the abandoned area, yet in Germany wild boars remain contaminated with radiation decades on from the infamous nuclear disaster, unearthed accounts show.
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded and released clouds of radioactive fallout into the atmosphere. Locals were forced to flee after matrerial 400 times more radioactive than the atomic bombing of Hirochima and Nagasaki was sent into the sky. The Channel 4 documentary explores the KGB and Soviet leadership’s attempt to cover up the most critical nuclear disaster in history.
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