Well, just note that after Chernobyl, Western Europe did live there. The size of the smoke plume (1000s km), radioactive material released (6000kg), and wind/w

Well, just note that after Chernobyl, Western Europe did live there. The size of the smoke plume (1000s km), radioactive material released (6000kg), and wind/weather during the event affected almost every country including Spain, England, and Norway. Those 300M people arguably recieved higher doses than you would living in the evacuated Fukushima area. https://youtu.be/MU4_bJT8W3Y https://youtu.be/MU4_bJT8W3Y The point is that it remained contained... that's good. With prpoer monitor wells even the ground water need not be badly contaminated.