Eli5: what happens to the areas where nuclear bombs are tested?
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they get blown the ef up.
Other than that, the rocks literally melt and form a kind of glass. The place is a bit radioactive but most of it goes away quite quickly, but they remain radioactive for a while. The trinity site for instance was opened for tours back already in ’53, but right now the radiation in the area is still 10x larger than background.
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