Solar power from the exclusion zone

Chernobyl mega project: Stuck in a conflict with Russia and highly dependent on fossil fuels as well as nuclear power, Ukraine strives for energy self-sufficiency. More than three decades after the catastrophic Chernobyl meltdown, the nuclear wasteland is now set to pave the way for a solar future that could still hold risks.

Issue 04-2017

A radioactive sign hangs on barbed wire outside a café in Pripyat.

Photo: D Markosia/Wikimedia

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