BendiNewsTest: Like Chernobyl all over again: Forest fires release plutonium particles into the air

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Like Chernobyl all over again: Forest fires release plutonium particles into the air

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Forest fire danger is taking on a new dimension in the Ukraine, where a raging wildfire near the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear disaster site is sending radioactive plutonium particles into the atmosphere. The Ecologist reports that as trees at Chernobyl burn, they are releasing radioactive plutonium particles that are being suspended in the air, which could pose a significant health danger in the form of radiation poisoning to people in the area.