Some might expect that, nearly 30 years later, the area around the reactor remains a wasteland, sparsely populated by genetically damaged animals exposed to chronic radiation across multiple generations. The reality is very different.
有些人可能以为近30年过去了，反应堆周围地区仍然是一片荒芜，偶尔可见世代遭受慢性辐射且基因受损的野生动物。但现实情况却截然相反。事实上，事故发生短短几年后，驾直升机空中调研的白俄罗斯科学家所搜集的废弃区域资料已经表明野猪、麋鹿和狍子的数量明显上升。