[bserge]

The nuclear incidents didn't, either. Decontamination of Okuma has been successful and residents are already returning.

Pripyat is an animal and vegetation haven. Really shows how dangerous our species is to the planet.

Point is, nuclear power plants, even the old ones, are nowhere near as dangerous as the media portrays them.

[dougabug]

The Chernobyl exclusion zone is 30km in radius. It’s not at all clear that serious effects do not extend beyond that, for instance to agricultural lands in Belarus.