The most beneficial aspect of Chernobyl is that humans evacuated the area.
The reason humans evacuated is because the radiation is harmful to life.
A whole section of forest was killed by radiation - called the "Red Forest"
It was killed dead dead dead, they try to spin it as a good thing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_ForestThe Red Forest (Ukrainian: Рудий ліс, Russian: Рыжий лес), refers to the trees in the 10 km² surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The name 'Red Forest' comes from the ginger-brown colour of the pine trees after they died following the absorption of high levels of radiation from the Chernobyl accident on April 26, 1986.<1> In the post-disaster cleanup operations, the Red Forest was bulldozed and buried in 'waste graveyards'.<2> The site of the Red Forest remains one of the most contaminated areas in the world today.<3>
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Disaster and cleanup
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Abandoned living blocks of Pripyat, with a surviving tree
Main article: Chernobyl disaster effects
The Red Forest is located in the zone of alienation; this area received the highest doses of radiation ...
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