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[โ€“] SparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Kyle Hill has some pretty good videos on this topic: https://youtu.be/bmVGwOP_zi8?feature=shared

My understanding is that while the fallout from Chernobyl wasn't very dangerous, and didn't lead to a noticeable increase in cancer rates, the area around the reactor is still very dangerous due to the debris from the reactor core that's scattered around.

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