Why is Chernobyl deemed to not be habitable for 22,000 years despite reports and articles everywhere saying that the radiation exposure of being within the exclusion zone is less you’d get than flying in a plane or living in elevated areas like Colorado or Cornwall?
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There are two problems with the radiation measurements from Chernobyl.
First,there are two basic attitudes taking those measurements. One are people who want you to believe that nothing labeled “nuclear” in any way shape or form is safe to be around. The second group wants to promote nuclear energy and their readings are going to be biased in support of nuclear energy.
The second problem is something called fuel fleas. On average, Chernobyl is safe to be around. The average rad levels are quite low. However, the core of a nuclear reactor did blow up. It expelled particles of nuclear material around Chernobyl. These are not safe to be around. They are very hot.
There are videos on youtube of people finding them around Chernobyl. These fuel fleas are going to take thousands of years to go away. Unless someone comes up with a method of finding and safely collecting these hazards it will not be safe to occupy the area because of the risk of coming in contact with one of these.
TLDR: The fallout from the reactor explosion has dropped highly radioactive materials that are very small in size around the site. Coming in contact with these sources is very dangerous and can result in excess exposures.
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