A large area around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that was vacated as a result of the accident that shocked the world in 1986 was called the "exclusion zone". At that time, Chernobyl and its ...

There was a developing tourist/visitor industry before the war with Russia began in 2022. In 2019 a decree by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky titled " On the development of areas affected by ...

Tourists visiting the Chernobyl exclusion zone have recently made headlines by posing with one of the most radioactive items still present: a large claw from a digger used in the aftermath of the ...

A catastrophe occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant 39 years ago, on 26 April 1986. Its consequences have affected many countries across Europe one way or another but Belarus has been ...

Professor Jim Smith, from the University of Portsmouth, said: "This research is important for communities affected by the Chernobyl disaster. Since 1986 there has been a lot of misinformation about ...

The area of radioactive contamination covered 3,678 settlements which were home to more than 2 million people. A total of 479 settlements were fully resettled.