" legally, it's not recommended that they live there, but there are people who've lived there ever since the accident," Thomas said. Professor Geraldine Thomas, Professor of Molecular Pathology, Imperial College London and founder of the Chernobyl Tissue Bank, told Newsweek that technically the exclusion zone is not uninhabitable because there are people living there, most without health issues. What Could Go Wrong at the Russian-Held Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant?ĭespite the evacuation order, some people illegally moved back to their homes following the disaster.Chernobyl or Fukushima? Understanding the Dangers of Zaporizhzhia.Chernobyl Radiation Caused Frogs to Genetically Mutate, Turning Black."That said, much of the zone could be suitable for industrial activities like the installation of solar farms and forestry as long as precautions are taken to avoid human exposure to the radioactive contaminants in the soil." This is reflected in the plants and animals living in the region where, in many areas, there are minimal effects of radiation while in the more contaminated areas, like the so-called Red Forest, organisms show many negative effects, such as increased mutation rates, lower fertility and increased rates of tumors and other developmental abnormalities," Mousseau said. " most of the Zone largely uninhabitable for people. Mousseau said the radiation distribution is patchy, meaning it is possible for people to experience both high and low radiation areas over a short distance. "Some areas largely escaped radioactive fallout and are not dangerous to visit or work in, while other areas remain heavily contaminated with a potpourri of radionuclides like cesium-137, strontium-90 and plutonium-241 and will remain uninhabitable for centuries if not millennia," Mousseau said. Tim Mousseau, Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina, told Newsweek that the exclusion zone remains "a highly heterogeneous region with respect to radioactive contaminants." It is thought that the reactor site will not become habitable again for at least 20,000 years, according to a 2016 report. Scientists have previously said, due to the huge amount of contamination in the Chernobyl area, the exclusion zone will not be habitable for many, many years.Įxperts have said it will be at least 3,000 years for the area to become safe, while others believe this is too optimistic. While it naturally fades over time, this can sometimes take thousands of years. It is hard to know for sure when radioactive contamination will clear. A picture shows an abandoned ferris wheel in Pripyat, two kilometres from the Chernobyl power station Martin Godwin/Getty 'For Centuries, If Not Millennia'
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