File Under Nightmares 08/11/2010
From RFE/RL:
Russian officials have confirmed for the first time the presence of wildfires in contaminated, radioactive areas, a day after Greenpeace accused the authorities of downplaying the blazes' radioactive danger.
Russian officials say 28 fires covering an area of 269 hectares have been counted in the heavily polluted Bryansk Oblast during the last few days.
The region has been among the world's most dangerous after its exposure to radiation from the 1986 Chornobyl disaster in neighboring Ukraine.
Experts have warned about the possibility that radioactive soil could be swirled into the air along with ash by the flames and the firefighting efforts.
Russian officials have confirmed for the first time the presence of wildfires in contaminated, radioactive areas, a day after Greenpeace accused the authorities of downplaying the blazes' radioactive danger.
Russian officials say 28 fires covering an area of 269 hectares have been counted in the heavily polluted Bryansk Oblast during the last few days.
The region has been among the world's most dangerous after its exposure to radiation from the 1986 Chornobyl disaster in neighboring Ukraine.
Experts have warned about the possibility that radioactive soil could be swirled into the air along with ash by the flames and the firefighting efforts.
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