I’m watching Chernobyl and it said something along the line of “an atom Unanium is an bullet”. So is it like waves of atom that travel across like an explosion?
If so then why is the land is uninhabitable if the waves of atom already passed it?
Thank you
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Radiaiton is actually pretty weak cancerogen. You must be exposed to very high doses to get deterministic effects.
Take a look at dose chart [https://xkcd.com/radiation/](https://xkcd.com/radiation/) .
If you want to know more about aftermath of chernobyl and fukushima watch this lecture from the director of Chernobyl tissue bank: [https://youtu.be/pOvHxX5wMa8](https://youtu.be/pOvHxX5wMa8) (Radiation Health Risks from Nuclear Accidents – Facts and Fantasy) (and effects of radiation are explained pretty much ELI5 ).
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