article_snippet.sent: Since the disaster the site has been closed off to the science world, with Ukrainian scientists agreeing that the area isn't habitable for humans for at least 20,000 years.
article_snippet.sent: the area was devastated by a huge nuclear explosion in 1986, but that hasn't stopped the scientist exploring into the no-go zone to film .
article_snippet.sent: The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone was set up by the Soviet military directly after the disaster and covers around 30km of the site, including the epi-centre of the blast.
article_snippet.sent: It is one of the most radioactively contaminated areas in the world  - but there are still 197 'Samosley', or 'illegal residents' of the area who refused to move out.
article_snippet.sent: Tourism to The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is growing, thanks in part to the popularity of video games including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Source: Wikipedia .
article_snippet.sent: More dangerous than the radiation, Bionerd says, are the derelict buildings on the brink of structural collapse .
article_snippet.sent: The Chernobyl exclusion zone has become popular with wildlife, including this rabies-ridden fox . '
article_snippet.sent: I was extremely cautious about the buildings, as some of the buildings have partially collapsed and are highly dangerous to enter. '
article_snippet.sent: Being buried by a collapsing wall is the true physical danger in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. '
article_snippet.sent: I was also carefully looking out for animals, especially as rabies is a big issue in any rural area in the Ukraine - and thus, also in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, which is a wildlife habitat more than anything else.'
article_snippet.sent: The site has barely been touched since the explosion .