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For #1, about 5% of the reactor core was spread outside the building through a series of explosions. (which is a large part of why reactors in the western world
by DuskStar 7y ago
For #1, about 5% of the reactor core was spread outside the building through a series of explosions. (which is a large part of why reactors in the western world all have containment structures) So while most of the core is in a couple of mounds within the reactor building, quite a bit got spread around.
Regarding #2, this is a very small fragment, and there are a lot of them around. Eating this wouldn't do much to you, but 10x a day for a year? Hello cancer.
- dopamean 7y agoWho would be eating that much of it 10 times a day for a year?
- DuskStar 7y agoIf you were living in that area and eating local food, such levels wouldn't be impossible to hit - especially if you account for the fact that 'grain of sand sized solid chunk' is pretty close to minimally bioavailable, and so you could hit equivalent dosages with significantly less material.