"If you lived near Chernobyl, would you stay? To the world, Chernobyl seems a place of danger, but for locals, Chernobyl is simply a fact of life. On April 26, 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant changed history, sending radiation...

PRIPYAT, Ukraine — Nature has done its ruthless work. The main soccer stadium is now a football forest. Birches and poplars have crowded the field, pushed through the asphalt running track, blocked an entrance to the grandstand. Moss grows in clumps on...