Contaminated lands, blighted by fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, could be cleaned up in a clever way: by growing biofuels. Belarus, the country affected by much of the fallout, is planning to use the crops to suck up the radioactive strontium and caesium and make the soil fit to grow food again within decades rather than hundreds of years.
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/biofuels-could-clean-chernobyl-badlands
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/fred-pearce
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/new-scientist
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-reclamation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wasteland-development
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ethanol
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biofuel
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/belarus
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chernobyl-disaster
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-pollution
