Wildlife Flourishes 30 Years After Chernobyl

April 26, 2016, 5:51PMANS Nuclear Cafe

Will Davis recently wrote an article on the Cafe: Chernobyl Through the Mist of Decades with a look back, lessons learned, and life now. But today, April 26, marks the 30 year anniversary of the Chernobyl accident. We encourage everyone to take time to remember Chernobyl, and to review some of the promising information that has been written about the area now, as the world moves forward.

There is a new report which shows that animal wildlife within the so-called Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ), an approximately 20 square mile area surrounding the disaster, is showing growth in numbers. Biologists that have been studying animal life are finding that there are a larger number of mammals in the CEZ - and that number seems to be growing. This increase, biologists feel, is due to the absence of human footprints and a return to nature.

The animals will need further testing for health, this is not disputed, but the very large population of mammals found in the CEZ directly contradicts other research saying that the animals have become depleted, per the report.

Here is a short video about the growth of wildlife at Chernobyl after 30 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-h15wX14po

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