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Re:One of the oldest known human settlements is about to be ... by blacksmith_tb on Friday October 04, 2019 @02:53PM (#21160739)
Half a continent? The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone[1] is 30km in diameter, Fukashima's is 20km I believe[2]. Obviously a nightmare if you happen to live in the neighborhood, but I don't think there are any nuclear power plants big enough to turn even a small country into a "nuclear wasteland".

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_Exclusion_Zone 2: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/oct/11...

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Re:One of the oldest known human settlements is about to be ... by deeg on Friday October 04, 2019 @03:49PM (#21161252)
The sum total of exclusion zones due to nuclear power is tiny when compared to the exclusion zone that will be created by rising sea levels due to global warming.
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