Should disaster sites like Chernobyl stay abandoned forever?

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With the announcement of a new, mega-sized wind farm near Chernobyl, the debate over whether the site should stay abandoned is as fiery as ever. That said, numerous shut-down power facilities have found second lives as clean energy plants.

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Should disaster sites like Chernobyl stay abandoned forever?

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