Wildlife thriving in Chernobyl

Wildlife including wolf, elk, and wild boar are thriving around Chernobyl since the area was deserted by humans after the world’s worst nuclear accident, a study shows.

Populations of large mammals show no evidence of being affected by the continuing radiation in the exclusion zone around the nuclear power plant in Ukraine, close to the Belarus border, which was hit by an explosion and fire in 1986.

Around 116,000 people were permanently evacuated from the 4,200 sq km exclusion zone around the power plant, with villages and towns left to go to ruin.