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Chernobyl: Drones find more "hotspots" in Red Forest

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Near ground zero of the catastrophic 1986 explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, aerial drones recently revealed radioactive hotspots that aren't on official maps.

An interdisciplinary team flew special drones over Ukraine's Red Forest, one of the most radioactive spots in the world, which is located 0.3 miles (500 meters) from the Chernobyl complex, University of Bristol (UB) representatives announced in a statement.

Using data from the drone observations, the UB scientists, who are part of the National Centre for Nuclear Robotics (NCNR), created the most detailed map to date of radiation in the forest. They also pinpointed previously unsuspected locations where contamination was unusually intense, according to the statement.

Drones Find Unexpected Radiation 'Hotspots' in Forest Near Chernobyl
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Somewhat-related FYI: I watched a 2016 documentary called Life After: Chernobyl where scientists went to investigate the status of some of the wildlife in the exclusion zone. While they were there, they found that leaves on forest floor of the Red Forest haven't decayed because the organisms that usually do that died. They tested (and confirmed) a startling theory...if there was a fire in that forest, the ash and smoke would be radioactive and it would be as disastrous as the reactor explosion.
 
Yup, that's why you don't pull all the control rods out of a reactor...or store coal so close to the reactor itself.
 
I remember the event very well, people really didn't know what to expect. The Soviets tried to cover it up. There's an upcoming HBO series by the same name 'Chernobyl' and it looks like it will be interesting. It begins tomorrow and it looks like another winning series for HBO.

 
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