> The answer to this is that if every plane crash created a 50-mile diameter exclusion zone that had to be kept off-limits for 50-100 years without extensive de

> The answer to this is that if every plane crash created a 50-mile diameter exclusion zone that had to be kept off-limits for 50-100 years without extensive decontamination Thing is, that's genuinely not what's needed. You can live quite happily within a couple of miles of Chernobyl with a life expectancy difference much smaller than going from middle class to working class. Fukushima today is even less dangerous, basically negligible danger unless you're on the plant grounds.