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Re:Japan, US to step up cooperation in developing next-gener... by justsid on Monday January 09, 2023 @10:14PM (#34320057)
This doesn’t fully track, the Chernobyl popwerplant was in operation for many years after the catastrophe. I think the sinister truth is that the soviet union just cared a lot less than the Japanese government, not to mention the slightly bigger scale of damage.
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Re:Japan, US to step up cooperation in developing next-gener... by Manuel_D on Monday January 09, 2023 @11:28PM (#34320505)
More specifically: Pripyat and the original exclusion zone evacuated. Slavutych [1] was subsequently constructed to support the nuclear power plant after the disaster. Because again, Pripyat had no harbors, and no real economic value other than supporting the power plant. So it was simpler to just construct a new city.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavutych

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