Ukrainian authorities clear radioactive vehicles from Chernobyl's Rassokha site

6 articles · Updated · Myjoyonline · Apr 26

Much of the contaminated equipment, including helicopters and military vehicles used in the 1986 disaster cleanup, was removed from Rassokha by 2013, with some decontaminated metal reused.
Despite these efforts, many irradiated vehicles remain scattered within the Chernobyl exclusion zone, and looting of valuable parts has persisted over the years.
Tourism to the exclusion zone has ceased due to ongoing Russian military attacks, leaving the remaining rusting vehicles to continue decaying largely unobserved.

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