I saw a video that said that Chernobyl will not be habitable for another 20,000 years. I was curious as to why it takes so long to clean up radioactive contamination? Also for Chernobyl specifically as technology progresses couldn’t we find new methods that significantly reduce the amount it takes for Chernobyl to be habitable again?
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In: Chemistry
Because the contamination is the in form of really small particles. Like they max out at the size of dust. And get all the way down to individual atoms.
There’s simply no practical way to remove those particles without completely destroying everything in the area. Like you would have to scoop up *everything* several feet deep and then somehow remove the radioactive material. Which we have no quick way of doing.
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