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Forest fires around Chernobyl could release radiation, scientists warn

2014-11-29 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: A consortium of Ukrainian and international scientists is making an urgent call for a $13.5m (8.28m) programme to prevent potentially catastrophic wildfires inside the exclusion zone surrounding Chernobyl's ruined nuclear power plant. The fear is that fires in the zone could release clouds of radioactive particles that are, at the moment, locked up in trees, held mainly in the needles and bark of Scots pines. The consortium says an automated fire detection and monitoring system and new firefighting...

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