Chernobyl’s ghostly Red Forest, one of the most radioactive sites on the planet, has been mapped by specially-equipped drones to measure the extent of its contamination. This involved the first ever use of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to measure gammas and neutrons at the site, as well as the first use of a fixed-wing drone for Chernobyl radiation mapping. SCIENTISTS HAVE A NEW THEORY ON HOW THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER UNFOLDEDA cloud of radioactive particles from the disaster reached other parts of Europe, such as Sweden. The 1986 explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine sparked a widespread environmental disaster. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, however, is getting a new lease on life thanks to the installation of solar panels.

Source: Fox News May 08, 2019 17:03 UTC