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In 1986, when the Chernobyl nuclear reactor melted down, 135,000 people were evacuated. However, 20 years on, pockets of defiant local residents survive there and the area has become Europe's largest wildlife sanctuary. Mary Mycio explores the world's only radioactive wilderness.Mycio, Mary is the author of 'Wormwood Forest A Natural History of Chernobyl', published 2005 under ISBN 9780309094306 and ISBN 0309094305.
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