Look at the actual map for the exclusion zone: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Chernobyl_radiation_map_1996.svg https://upload.wikimedia.or

Look at the actual map for the exclusion zone: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Chernobyl_radiation_map_1996.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Chernoby... There are areas over 100km away that are still in the closed zone. They found hotspots of >100 curies/sq km up to 300km from the reactors. It's not like there's a safe little 30km concentric circle. If NYC were upwind from Indian Point, I woudln't be "fear-mongering" but an event like Chernobyl would very likely impact NYC.