Red Forest

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Red Forest is a heavily contaminated woodland near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, known as one of the most radioactive areas on Earth after the 1986 disaster.

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Red Forest canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf forest ⓘ
radioactively contaminated area ⓘ
accessStatus restricted ⓘ
biodiversityObservation presence of wildlife despite high radiation levels ⓘ
causeOfName death and reddening of trees from acute radiation ⓘ
contaminant americium-241 ⓘ
cesium-137 ⓘ
plutonium isotopes ⓘ
strontium-90 ⓘ
country Ukraine ⓘ
coveredBy sand ⓘ
soil ⓘ
currentStatus still significantly contaminated decades after accident ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1986-04-26 ⓘ
distanceFromChernobylNPP approximately 1–2 kilometers west ⓘ
dominantTreeSpeciesBeforeAccident Scots pine ⓘ
ecosystemType woodland ⓘ
environmentalConcern potential spread of radioactive material by forest fires ⓘ
formedAfter Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
governedBy State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management ⓘ
hazardClassification high-radiation hotspot within exclusion zone ⓘ
humanSettlementStatus uninhabited ⓘ
impact long-term alteration of forest structure and composition ⓘ
mass mortality of coniferous trees in 1986 ⓘ
knownFor long-term ecological research on radiation effects ⓘ
severe radioactive contamination of soil and vegetation ⓘ
locatedIn Chernobyl Exclusion Zone ⓘ
Kyiv Oblast ⓘ
locatedNear Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
longTermIssue persistence of radionuclides in soil ⓘ
managementActionAfterAccident bulldozing of dead trees ⓘ
burial of contaminated biomass in trenches ⓘ
monitoring subject of ongoing radiological surveys ⓘ
namedAfter reddish color of pine trees after radiation exposure ⓘ
nearbyCity Pripyat ⓘ
nearbyRiver Pripyat River ⓘ
partOf Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant surroundings ⓘ
UNESCO Chernobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
high-radiation zone within Chernobyl Exclusion Zone ⓘ
radiationLevel one of the most radioactive areas on Earth ⓘ
region Northern Ukraine ⓘ
risk external gamma radiation exposure ⓘ
internal exposure from inhalation or ingestion of radioactive particles ⓘ
scientificFieldOfStudy environmental radiology ⓘ
radioecology ⓘ
timeToPeakRadiation immediately after 1986 reactor explosion ⓘ
tourismStatus occasionally visited on controlled Chernobyl tours ⓘ

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Chernobyl Exclusion Zone → hasPart → Red Forest ⓘ