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Just look at Japan, most of the region around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has actually been reopened to the public already: > https://www.japanti

Just look at Japan, most of the region around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has actually been reopened to the public already: > https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/07/20/national/beach-fukushima-prefecture-reopens-first-time-since-2011-disasters/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/07/20/national/beach-... > https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/05/national/evacuees-can-return-next-week-parts-okuma-host-fukushima-nuclear-plant-likely/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/05/national/evacue... Looking at the radiation levels, most places are already back to save levels: > https://www.pref.fukushima.lg.jp/site/portal-english/en02-01.html https://www.pref.fukushima.lg.jp/site/portal-english/en02-01... You have to keep in mind that nuclear contamination can actually be washed off. And the radiation is actually very useful in the cleaning process because you can easily use a detector to safely determine whether your cleaning operation was successful. Even Chernobyl is mostly safe these days unless you stay at the hotspots for too long.

Teever 6y ago
> Even Chernobyl is mostly safe these days unless you stay at the hotspots for too long. You could say the exact same thing about a house fire.
- fomine3 6y ago
  No. That's how radiation affects for human.
- MagnumOpus 6y ago
  You could also say that about Bondi Beach. Stay out in the hot zone too long and you will get radiation burns from the unshielded nuclear reactor hanging over your head.
DangitBobby 6y ago
Neither Fukushima nor Chernobyl were worst-case-scenario.
- readams 6y ago
  Chernobyl was actually very close to the worst case scenario. And it was an especially unsafe design.
  - DangitBobby 6y ago
    I'm sure you'll recall that there were three people who risked great personal harm to prevent 3 more cores from exploding and causing much greater harm than just the one that already had. https://www.businessinsider.com/chernobyl-volunteers-divers-nuclear-mission-2016-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/chernobyl-volunteers-divers-...
booboolayla 6y ago
Chernobyl (outside of parts of power plant that hosted the uranium core) is only dangerous in the graveyard, and certain apartments/rooms that haven't been opened since the accident. Radiation is a natural phenomenon, and effects are not as long-term as we were taught.

Teever 6y ago

> Even Chernobyl is mostly safe these days unless you stay at the hotspots for too long. You could say the exact same thing about a house fire.

fomine3 6y ago
No. That's how radiation affects for human.
MagnumOpus 6y ago
You could also say that about Bondi Beach. Stay out in the hot zone too long and you will get radiation burns from the unshielded nuclear reactor hanging over your head.

DangitBobby 6y ago

Neither Fukushima nor Chernobyl were worst-case-scenario.

readams 6y ago
Chernobyl was actually very close to the worst case scenario. And it was an especially unsafe design.
- DangitBobby 6y ago
  I'm sure you'll recall that there were three people who risked great personal harm to prevent 3 more cores from exploding and causing much greater harm than just the one that already had. https://www.businessinsider.com/chernobyl-volunteers-divers-nuclear-mission-2016-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/chernobyl-volunteers-divers-...

booboolayla 6y ago

Chernobyl (outside of parts of power plant that hosted the uranium core) is only dangerous in the graveyard, and certain apartments/rooms that haven't been opened since the accident. Radiation is a natural phenomenon, and effects are not as long-term as we were taught.