[thegrim33]

Why? If you live right next door to one, sure maybe it'd be a concern, but the Chernobyl exclusion zone, which is larger than the effect Chernobyl caused, only has a 20 mile radius. There's only ~400 plants in the world, each of which if they went completely full Chernobyl would only affect a 20 mile radius.

[dr_kiszonka]

Didn't the contamination extend way beyond the exclusion zone, reaching, e.g., Sweden?

[genman]

Yes, and it was actively "extinguished" and covered with large amount of concrete - something we for sure can't expect happening.