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The headline from the BBC is a bit sensationalist I think, but that's what they have. Interesting article about retrieving the submarines though.
by LandR 6y ago
The headline from the BBC is a bit sensationalist I think, but that's what they have.
Interesting article about retrieving the submarines though.
- aaron695 6y agoI was going to say Chernobyl created a huge wilderness park, these just sit there doing nothing. But if they do pull then up and have an accident the article claims fishing might have to stop for a while, so perhaps they are as good? I'm dubious on the claims though. Either way, the tech and recovery is the interesting bit.
- sandworm101 6y agoFishing might stop in the area due to adverse publicity, but not because of the radiation. Chernobyl fallout fell and was concentrated on the surface of the earth, a two-dimensional plane. Oceans are three-dimensional. Even a chernobyl-magnitude radiation event will be quickly diluted into the hundreds of cubic-kilometers of water that passes over every point in the ocean daily. It is hard to wrap one's head around exactly how big, how literally massive, oceans are.