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> Humanity has experienced twice just how much damage a nuclear reactor blowing up can cause We haven't, really. We were quite lucky. What if the Chernobyl di
by oldgradstudent 4y ago
> Humanity has experienced twice just how much damage a nuclear reactor blowing up can cause
We haven't, really. We were quite lucky.
What if the Chernobyl disaster had reached the Pripyat river, and in turn contaminated the Dnieper? We are all familiar with them geography of Ukraine now.
What if a radioactive cloud from Fukushima had reached Tokyo?
What would have been the cost of a temporary evacuation of Tokyo?
- oceanplexian 4y agoI mean.. in both cases you would have to wait for the radiation to dissipate. Have people remain indoors and wait a few days for the cloud to pass. In the case of contamination of a water source, you would want to filter the water before drinking until the radioactive fallout burns itself out. Plus water is exceptionally good at stopping radiation so a nuclear accident into a body of water is like the best case scenario. Nuclear radiation isn’t a boogeyman, and isn’t the most dangerous type of contamination by a long shot. I would be way more worried about a chemical spill or a industrial accident that released toxic gas.