Scientists in Britain and Ukraine made Chernobyl vodka. Is it really safe to use?

It should be possible because it has been tested. Today, Russia (RT) reported on the 8th that 33 years after the deadly Chernobyl disaster, a team from Portsmouth University in the UK cooperated with colleagues from Ukraine to brew the first consumer product out of the Chernobyl forbidden zone: vodka named "Atomik". Krampiati —— the "ghost town" and forbidden zone of Chernobyl nuclear power plant. According to this report, the R&D team used grains and water near the abandoned city to produce this vodka.

RT quoted jim smith, a professor from the R&D team, as saying that although this wine was brewed from crops from farms around the nuclear power plant, it was "no more radioactive than other volts". Jim said that after laboratory tests, the content of radioactive substances in wine was "below the detection limit". He also said that the "secret" of this wine is the distillation step in the brewing process.

According to the report, the team's goal is to produce 500 bottles of homemade vodka this year and sell them to tourists visiting the restricted area. This sale should be able to help residents living near the radiation-affected areas. Although experts declared it "safe", rt said that some people still said that they would feel uneasy at the thought of this wine being related to the Chernobyl accident.

Experts added that the process of establishing a social enterprise "Chernobyl Alcohol Company" is under way, and the brand's high-quality vodka will be produced and sold in the future. The company intends to return 75% of its profits to the accident victims. The researchers concluded that many relocated areas can be used to grow crops safely if they are controlled by radiation ecology.

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster occurred on1April 26, 986, and the nuclear reactor of the fourth generator set of the station exploded. In Ukraine, 50,000 square kilometers of 12 area are polluted. Radioactive pollution has also affected 19 Russian regions, covering an area of nearly 60,000 square kilometers and a population of 2.6 million.