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However it did leave a swathe of damaged and uninhabitable land.
by celticninja 7y ago
However it did leave a swathe of damaged and uninhabitable land.
- selectodude 7y agoWhich is currently on fire and spewing radioactivity.
- celticninja 7y agoI mean that's definitely wrong.
- cellular 7y agoI read that, because it is uninhabitable to humans, wild life is flourishing in that area! And forests are taking over!
- PeCaN 7y agoNuclear is the only power source that's good for the environment even when it fails disastrously :-P
- acidburnNSA 7y agoUninhabited by humans, not uninhabitable. Natural radiation in natural hot spots like Ramsar Iran are hotter than most parts of Chernobyl today, and no one there shows any increased cancer. Fear of low-dose radiation is the only reason why Chernobyl is still pretty empty today. The animals are doing just fine. They are no more radiation resistant than you or I. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160421-the-chernobyl-exclusion-zone-is-arguably-a-nature-reserve http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160421-the-chernobyl-exclus...