Chernobyl Legacy
This is an awe-inspiring tribute of the Chernobyl Victims 20 years after the reactor blew. I am actually giving you a warning about the video, some of the pictures are graphic, some of what the narrator is saying is tough to digest.
But, why not know what could happen to us if the same thing happened? I live an hour from a nuclear reactor. Do you?
posted by FantasticAlice @ 8:20 AM
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I live two hours from one Alice. And half of it has been closed down for years. Doesn't make it any safer because its leaking radioactive water daily..but..its within "safe"ranges..or so they say..
If you think about it, it does not matter how far you live from one because one day Dubya will push the button and ... well no more worries. God Bless America and may Dubya leave office without expanding the war!
We have one about 2.5 hrs away from here in Lousa County. Frankly, I just don't think about it.
I'm not saying that living close to a nuclear reactor is absolutely guaranteed safe...but it's nothing like living close to Chernobyl. Chernobyl was a reactor without any housing around its core. It was, well it was just insane.
Alice, to let you sleep a little better tonight, the radiation readings from the water that comes from as well as the surrounding area of the Callaway Plant are in the same range as we get walking around every day listening to radios and using microwaves. (Tony's dad is the guy in charge of keeping all the employees safe there, he's the Health Physicist or some such. He makes radiation detectors in his garage, a really neat guy.)
Chernobyl was a ticking time-bomb. The pictures are horrible, but it's important to not forget those children.
Interestly, today, the area surrounding Chernobyl has become a fertile wildlife santuary. All kinds of animals not seen in Russia in a century have returned - and returned in HUGE numbers.
Judging from the stories of the wacky neighbors, either nothing could get worse or things may even get better for you.
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