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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by anoncake on Friday March 12, 2021 @06:20AM (#26434543)
How do you explain the chernobyl exclusion zone?
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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by moistbar on Friday March 12, 2021 @02:55PM (#26440170)
They never bothered to clean it up because without the power plant, the town was dead. Most of the people living there were plant workers.
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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by anoncake on Saturday March 13, 2021 @02:42PM (#26449316)
The soil and the groundwater are contaminated. You can't realistically replace those, not across 2,600 km^2.
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