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Ukraine: At Chernobyl, danger lurks in the trees

2013-06-24 14:36:16| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Daily Climate: Most days Nikolay Ossienko patrols the forests surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, clearing brush and dead trees from the grid of fuel breaks that crisscross the 1,000-square-mile area. But on hot July afternoons, when black thunderheads loom on the horizon, he climbs a rusty ladder 75 feet up a rickety fire tower. When he spots smoke, he radios the six other towers to pinpoint the location, then trucks off to the blaze. If these forests burn, strontium 90, cesium 137, plutonium 238...

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