Ionizing radiation – is radiation, the interaction of which with matter leads to ionization of atoms and molecules,  this interaction leads to the excitation of the atom and detachment of individual electrons (negatively charged particles) from atomic shells.

But Ameri-241 and Plutonium-239 will be in the soil for thousands of years. Thirdly, the explosion was made at an altitude of 600 meters above the surface, so some of the radioactive substances rose together with air currents and was dispelled. First firemen at Chernobyl site were exposed to 5,600 years-worth of radiation in 48 seconds More than 30 years after the accident, areas surrounding the power plant remain uninhabitable due to dangerous levels of radiation The accident at reactor no.

Established by the Soviet Armed Forces soon after the 1986 disaster, it initially existed as an area of 30 km (19 mi) radius from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant designated for evacuation and placed under military control.

[8] The evacuation of contaminated areas outside of the Exclusion Zone continued in both the compulsory and voluntary resettlement areas, with 53,000 people evacuated from areas in Ukraine from 1990 to 1995. Greenpeace, the environmental group, Tweeted a statement of concern. The radiation level in Chernobyl is now much less than in the first days after the accident, the isotopes Yoda-131, Cesium-134 and Cobalt-60 have now almost completely disintegrated. To confirm Herashchenko’s claim, Ukraine’s Emergency Situations Service published a photo showing a firefighter holding a Geiger counter showing a reading of 0.14 microSieverts per hour (mSv/h) – indicating a radiation level considered safe or normal. The levels of radiation in food are usually very low depending on where in the world you live. The previous reported fire was in June 2018. Some of them were burned at the time of the explosion, and the distribution across the territory was one-stage. It is known that fires can make contamination mobile again. For this, the normal level is approximately 20 mrem annually. Other species in the same area, such as birch trees, survived, indicating that plant species may vary considerably in their sensitivity to radiation. He called for new legislation to impose harsher penalties for anyone caught starting fires in the area. CNN's Mary Ilyushina contributed reporting. Фото Чернобыль.

", "Ecologists Rocked by Misconduct Finding", "Deer, wolves and other wildlife thriving in Chernobyl exclusion zone", "Long-term census data reveal abundant wildlife populations at Chernobyl", "Cameras reveal the secret lives of Chernobyl's wildlife", "Forest Fires on the Areas Contaminated by Radionuclides from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident", "Forest Fire as a Factor of Environmental Redistribution of Radionuclides Originating from Chernobyl Accident", "News from the Forest Fire Situation in the Radioactively Contaminated Regions", "Radioactive fires threaten Russia and Europe", "Transport of Radioactive Materials by Wildland fires in the Chernobyl Accident Zone: How to Address the Problem", "Chernobyl Forests. Studies of wolves, which are concentrated in higher-radiation areas near the center of the exclusion zone, may enable researchers to better assess relationships between radiation levels, animal health, and population dynamics.[25][65]. [4]:p.49 In October 1989, the Soviet government requested assistance from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to assess the "Soviet Safe Living Concept" for inhabitants of contaminated areas. [26] (Both the name "the Zone" and the term "stalker" derive from Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's book Roadside Picnic, which predates the Chernobyl disaster but describes a similar setting.)