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7. The scariest thing about Chernobyl is how nature bounced back after people were removed.

Thu May 23, 2019, 12:37 PM

May 2019

Humans going about their ordinary lives do far more damage to the natural world than an exploded nuclear power plant.

And this:

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/03/the-wild-boars-of-fukushima/519066/

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The U.S. put nuclear waste under a dome on a Pacific island. Now it's cracking open. [View all] Eugene May 2019 OP

We know that Japans radioactivity has spread over a lot of the Pacific. Chin music May 2019 #1

I don't get Clarity2 May 2019 #2

The scariest thing I have ever seen is the new series "Chernobyl" dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #5

I'm watching Chernobyl now Clarity2 May 2019 #6

This is the fact that the majority don't get. defacto7 May 2019 #4