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by crdoconnor 2346 days ago
The point is that Chernobyl could have turned Ukraine into an unlivable country. Badly although it was managed, it could have been even worse.
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Could Chernobyl have turned Ukraine into an unlivable country though? I’m not sure of the science behind that claim. Presumably the larger the radioactivity was dispersed, the weaker it would be.

Obviously it was not a good thing, and could have been even worse, but I’d be curious to see a scientific explanation of whether a civilian reactor accident or meteor strike could make half a continent unlivable.