Chernobyl’s ghostly Red Forest, one of the most radioactive sites on the planet, has been mapped by specially-equipped drones to measure the extent of its contamination.

Chernobyl’s ghostly Red Forest, one of the most radioactive sites on the planet, has been mapped by specially-equipped drones to measure the extent of its contamination.

Earlier this year, forest fires in the radiation-contaminated area near the Chernobyl nuclear plant sparked concern about the potential release of contaminants. The 1,000-square-mile Chernobyl ...

Chernobyl," he said, and tapped on the map. "We will drive to Kolachi. Buried village." He tapped again. "Then to Red Forest. This is most radioactive point today." He looked at me for emphasis.

Since the historical nuclear explosion there almost three decades ago on April 26, 1986, scientists have discovered that the human ghost town of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has become an ...

Chernobyl's forest is still contaminated. Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters Corkhill said the exclusion zone contains a "huge forested region" that hasn't been decontaminated.

Today, there is still a 770-mile-wide Chernobyl Exclusion Zone — the contaminated areas of Ukraine and Belarus — that is considered unsafe for human habitation or any kind of agriculture due ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Forest fires raged Tuesday in the contaminated area near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, but officials insisted there is no radiation threat. Hundreds of firefighters ...

Russian soldiers held Chernobyl for a month and are thought to have been operating in contaminated areas most of the time. “It’s crazy, really,” Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko ...

KIEV, Ukraine (dpa) - More than a thousand firefighters were working in the radiation-contaminated Chernobyl exclusion zone on Sunday, the 34th anniversary of the nuclear disaster, amid a weeks ...

The new map comprises Switzerland as well as several neighbouring countries (France, Italy, Germany, Belgium). It is based on a new calculation method, namely the use of the caesium/plutonium ratio.