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Just look at Japan, most of the region around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has actually been reopened to the public already:

> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/07/20/national/beach-...

> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/05/national/evacue...

Looking at the radiation levels, most places are already back to save levels:

> https://www.pref.fukushima.lg.jp/site/portal-english/en02-01...

You have to keep in mind that nuclear contamination can actually be washed off. And the radiation is actually very useful in the cleaning process because you can easily use a detector to safely determine whether your cleaning operation was successful.

Even Chernobyl is mostly safe these days unless you stay at the hotspots for too long.



> Even Chernobyl is mostly safe these days unless you stay at the hotspots for too long.

You could say the exact same thing about a house fire.


You could also say that about Bondi Beach. Stay out in the hot zone too long and you will get radiation burns from the unshielded nuclear reactor hanging over your head.


No. That's how radiation affects for human.


Neither Fukushima nor Chernobyl were worst-case-scenario.


Chernobyl was actually very close to the worst case scenario. And it was an especially unsafe design.


I'm sure you'll recall that there were three people who risked great personal harm to prevent 3 more cores from exploding and causing much greater harm than just the one that already had.

https://www.businessinsider.com/chernobyl-volunteers-divers-...




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