Blowing in the wind: Plutonium at former nuclear weapons site

Re:Blowing in the wind: Plutonium at former nuclear weapons ... by aaronblohowiak on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:24PM (#16853392)

>Chernobyl is habitable

"Even today, radiation levels are so high that the workers responsible for rebuilding the sarcophagus are only allowed to work five hours a day for one month before taking 15 days of rest. Ukrainian officials estimated the area would not be safe for human life again for another 20,000 years" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster citing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#cite_note-T...

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Re:Blowing in the wind: Plutonium at former nuclear weapons ... by mikeyouse on Monday April 16, 2018 @07:48PM (#16854068)

Even Fukushima, which released most of its radiation out to sea, still has 370 square kilometers of exclusion zone.. 90,000 acres of still-uninhabitable land..

http://www.pref.fukushima.lg.jp/site/portal-english/en03-08....

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