RamenCatholic ๐ข๐Hey, this is pretty cool.
> Nearly 40 years after the explosion that turned Chernobyl into a radioactive wasteland, a Swiss invention is delivering results scientists once thought impossible: a 47% drop in airborne radiation inside the [test area within the] Exclusion Zone โ without chemicals, excavation, or disturbing the soil.
Breakthrough in nuclear cleanup: Swiss tech cuts Chernobyl radiation 47% without chemicals, stuns scientists
On April 26 1986 Reactor No 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded blasting radioactive particles like cesium-137 and strontium-90 across Europe More than 116000 people were forced to evacuate a 30-kilometer Exclusion Zone leaving behind a region scientists warned could remain hazardous for up to 24000 years
