Eli5: what happens to the areas where nuclear bombs are tested?

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Eli5: what happens to the areas where nuclear bombs are tested?

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Ever seen the documentary show sponge bob? That takes place in Bikini Bottom which is part of the bikini atol. Former site of atomic weapons testing.

Seriously though, many sites stay radioactive and uninhabited. People and animals are affected… and eventually it dissipates. Atomic weapons have less radioactive material than say, Chernobyl. That’s why people live and thrive in Hiroshima today.