> large area into a wasteland, that will be uninhabitable for thousands of years Did you see what happened to the Chernobyl area? What you get is not wasteland

> large area into a wasteland, that will be uninhabitable for thousands of years Did you see what happened to the Chernobyl area? What you get is not wastelands but a wonderful nature reserve (with a for wildlife insignificant increase in cancer rate) that no human dares to permanently invade. For the ones that love nature over humans (that have to resettle and suffer from the exposure) it’s not a bad outcome.