The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: Ukraine’s Nuclear Eden

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Source/Further reading:

Nat Geo, Animals Rule Chernobyl: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/060418-chernobyl-wildlife-thirty-year-anniversary-science 

TED, After a Nuclear Disaster: https://ideas.ted.com/after-a-nuclear-disaster-then-what-a-surprising-look-at-the-animals-of-chernobyl-and-fukushima/ 

BBC, the Dogs of Chernobyl: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210422-the-guards-caring-for-chernobyls-abandoned-dogs 

Britannica, has radiation actually harmed wildlife? https://www.britannica.com/explore/savingearth/serious-harm-to-wildlife-at-chernobyl-and-fukushima 

Scientific American, radiation levels and effects on mammals: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chernobyl-exclusion-zone-radiation-doses-reanalyzed/ 

BBC, Donbass refugees in Chernobyl: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/moving_to_Chernobyl 

Guardian, those who stayed in Chernobyl: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/29/babushkas-of-chernobyl-film-nuclear-exclusion-zone 

The self-Settlers: http://www.chernobylgallery.com/galleries/resettlers-and-village/ 

Nat Geo, in Chernobyl Life Goes On: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/life-goes-on-chernobyl-35-years-after-worlds-worst-nuclear-accident 

Nat Geo, the Stalkers: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/exclusion-zone-chernobyl-ukraine 

Atlantic, Chernobyl wildfires: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/08/chernobyl-fires/615067/ 

Prehistory of the Zone: http://imsu-kyiv.com/msta-sela-kivsko-oblast/chornobylskyj-rajon/chornobyl.html 

Biographics on the Chernobyl Disaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLknvTnV29w&t=1s

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