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This surprised me too, but apparently it's not as bad as that. Containment and cleanup is dangerous and expensive, but not impossible. Chernobyl is maybe start

This surprised me too, but apparently it's not as bad as that. Containment and cleanup is dangerous and expensive, but not impossible. Chernobyl is maybe starting to be re-inhabited? http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Most_Chernobyl_towns_fit_for_habitation_2504121.html http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Most_Chernobyl_towns_fi... Here's ground zero at Hiroshima. Open 24/7, in the middle of the city. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hiroshima+Atomic+Bomb+Hypocenter/@34.3947198,132.4525241,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x355aa20cfb72be19:0x2fa8b78b04761f58!8m2!3d34.3947198!4d132.4547128?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hiroshima+Atomic+Bomb+Hypo... EDIT: And see the nearby Peace Memorial Park. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hiroshima+Peace+Memorial+Park/@34.3929314,132.4531678,17z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x355aa20cfb72be19:0x2fa8b78b04761f58!2sHiroshima+Atomic+Bomb+Hypocenter!8m2!3d34.3947198!4d132.4547128!3m4!1s0x355aa26d54333083:0xe129ced5b9751665!8m2!3d34.3928673!4d132.4525311?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hiroshima+Peace+Memorial+P...

inawarminister 8y ago
Yep, I've been to Hiroshima myself and there was no concern about radiation at all... It's been washed away after 73 years Of course, it's because both Hiroshima and Nagasaki got bit by first generation atomic bomb, and are right next to the sea. A salted nuclear explosion in a deep desert or inside a cave might make a seemingly-forever radioactive fallout. But that's not a concern in nuclear power I'd say.