Winifred Bird

Bird is a freelance journalist living in Nagano, Japan. Her work has appeared in The Japan Times, Science, Yale Environment 360, Dwell, and other publications. 

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Articles by Winifred Bird

Analysis
1 August 2013
Nuclear Energy
AsiaEurope/Russia

Contaminated forests: Management after Chernobyl and Fukushima

Winifred BirdJane Braxton Little

After nuclear accidents, radioactive contamination migrates from forests into soil. Officials at Fukushima and Chernobyl have taken completely different approaches to decontamination.