Coli Scientists. And nikka Nerds..How long til humans can inhabit Chernobyl?
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Someone better kill those bugs. If they get into an outside habitat there's no way bug spray is killing them. They are already immune to nuclear fallout.
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Do we know the half life of the material spilled?
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in short, A LOOOOONNNNGGGG TIME
whole area, air, water, ground and animals are highly contaminated with radiation
I watched that Chernobyl series on HBO which was amazing btw. But I believe they said 500-1000 years if I recall.
Technically it already is inhabited. The are people that currently live in the exclusion zone. But they have to past through radiation checkpoints upon entry and exit. and thousands of tourists visit every year.
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All they gotta do is announce the discovery of diamonds
I've just googled and it turns out that the most radioactive material at Chernobyl was ceseum and that can be radioactive for 30- to over 300 years.
Some radioactive material has a longer half life than others, plutonium has a half life of 24000 years for example.
So nowhere near as long as I first thought.
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It's crazy how healthy those plants and animals look
"Look" is the keyword, the animals have adapted to a degree. Evolution wise; whichever flora and fauna since 1986 which have repopulated the area would have adapted to cope with the higher levels of radiation. In the vid it was talking about birds having tumours and deformed beaks and animals having adapted over x amount of generations may have a much smaller population than before. If their beaks have become smaller over generations they may adapt to eat a different prey completely and bigger beaks in that species may be phased out all together or they may form a sub species of their own. Fruit may grow bigger or smaller dependent on soil nutrients, and would certainly not be fit for human consumption.
Side note: Plants that grow in heavily polluted areas have less minerals and vitamins than those grown in less polluted areas. I cant even imagine what the nutritional value of these fruit must be like, even if they look healthy. In the video it also referred to tree rings, where it is clearly visible the difference in environmental quality from before and after the explosion.
Now. Apart from a few areas that are highly irradiated (the hospital basement etc) the background radiation isn't that high. Main problem is with soil and water supply which might be dangerous depending on the source. Might be a few more extra cancers, but if you were careful you should expect to live a full life.
