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NeoGreen

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Sat Sep 30, 2017, 08:50 AM Sep 2017

Ten Most Radioactive Places on Earth Mapped Out [GRAPHIC]

https://climateviewer.com/2013/11/24/10-most-radioactive-places-on-earth/




Ten Most Radioactive Places on Earth Mapped Out [GRAPHIC]

10. Hanford, USA

The Hanford Site, in Washington, was an integral part of the US atomic bomb project, manufacturing plutonium for the first nuclear bomb and “Fat Man,” used at Nagasaki. As the Cold War waged on, it ramped up production, supplying plutonium for most of America’s 60,000 nuclear weapons. Although decommissioned, it still holds two thirds of the volume of the country’s high-level radioactive waste — about 53 million gallons of liquid waste, 25 million cubic feet of solid waste and 200 square miles of contaminated groundwater underneath the area, making it the most contaminated site in the US. The environmental devastation of this area makes it clear that the threat of radioactivity is not simply something that will arrive in a missile attack, but could be lurking in the heart of your own country. More information available at the Hanford Site, Department of Energy website.



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2. Chernobyl, Ukraine

Home to one of the world’s worst and most infamous nuclear accidents, Chernobyl is still heavily contaminated, despite the fact that a small number of people are now allowed into the area for a limited amount of time. The notorious accident caused over 6 million people to be exposed to radiation, and estimates as to the number of deaths that will eventually occur due to the Chernobyl accident range from 4,000 to as high as 93,000. The accident released 100 times more radiation than the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombs. Belarus absorbed 70 percent of the radiation, and its citizens have been dealing with increased cancer incidence ever since. Even today, the word Chernobyl conjures up horrifying images of human suffering.

The Exclusion Zone covers an area of approximately 2,600 km2 in Ukraine immediately surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant where radioactive contamination from fallout is highest and public access and inhabitation are restricted.





1. Fukushima, Japan

The 2011 earthquake and tsunami was a tragedy that destroyed homes and lives, but the effects of the Fukushima nuclear power plant may be the most long-lasting danger. The worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, the incident caused meltdown of three of the six reactors, leaking radiation into the surrounding area and the sea, such that radiative material has been detected as far as 200 miles from the plant. As the incident and its ramifications are still unfolding, the true scale of the environmental impact is still unknown. The world may still be feeling the effects of this disaster for generations to come.


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Ten Most Radioactive Places on Earth Mapped Out [GRAPHIC] (Original Post) NeoGreen Sep 2017 OP
Thank you for finding and posting this...this is as scary as Climate Change... Tikki Sep 2017 #1
Thanks but credit should go to Eko... NeoGreen Sep 2017 #2
Thanks to Eko for article. The 'love the nuclear' crowd are desperate to keep the nuclear gravy.... Tikki Sep 2017 #3
K&R discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2018 #4

Tikki

(14,794 posts)
1. Thank you for finding and posting this...this is as scary as Climate Change...
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 09:02 AM
Sep 2017

An article everyone at DU should read.

Tikki

Tikki

(14,794 posts)
3. Thanks to Eko for article. The 'love the nuclear' crowd are desperate to keep the nuclear gravy....
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 09:32 AM
Sep 2017

train going, gouging the tax-payers and ruining the earth below our feet.
Trying to equate wind machines and the nuclear waste crisis, it would be laughable if it wasn't so
tragic.

Tikki

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