Even though radiation levels dropped by a factor of nearly 100 in the months after the accident, the area is still judged unfit for human habitation. There are few reports on the effects of the accident on wild animals, but we know that in some radiation hot spots trees and wildlife died.
尽管这起事故发生数月后辐射水平下降了近100倍，但该地区仍被判定为不适合人类居住。很少有人报道这起事故对于野生动物的影响，但我们知道某些辐射热点地区死亡了大批树木和野生动物 。