Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Proposed As UNESCO Heritage Site
- By AFP and
- Neil Bowdler
The Taj Majal and Stonehenge are UNESCO World Heritage sites and the Ukrainian government hopes that the exclusion zone around the radioactive wreckage of the Chernobyl nuclear plant will be added to the list. Ukraine's culture minister cited the recent influx of tourists as evidence of Chernobyl's importance "not only to Ukrainians, but to all of humanity."