The Chernobyl exclusion zone is the closest we have to a real-life postapocalyptic wasteland. After the infamous 1986 meltdown of a Soviet nuclear reactor, around 1,000 square miles in northern ...

Chernobyl Roulette: War in the Nuclear Disaster Zone, by Serhii Plokhy ... The officers had no choice but to comply, since they needed Heiko's expertise to stay safe. The staff often played ...