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Taking a bird’s-eye view of Chernobyl

06 Sep 2019 James Dacey

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster left behind a post-human landscape. Indeed, it is believed that some 200,000 were relocated as a result of the accident and an exclusion zone of 2600 km2 still exists today in Ukraine. In recent years, however, the area has attracted a steady stream of people seeking an “alternative tourism” experience. Ukrainian authorities also plan to locate solar energy farms in the area, utilizing the existing power network.

This short video explains how a team from the University of Bristol is using drone-based technologies to build a detailed radiation map to identify areas that pose a risk to human health. Find out more in the article “Glimpsing Chernobyl’s hidden hotspots” by team members Peter Martin and Tom Scott, which was first published in the September 2019 issue of Physics World.

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