The truth is that reactor accidents and blasts are survivable because radioactivity diminishes faster then we might think.
Even well-intentioned documentaries like Countdown to Zero tend to leave the viewer with a total sense of dread and hopelessness. So most folks just gave up on the topic assuming there was nothing we could do. The Cold War seemed to create a general misconception – that a nuclear incidents are not survivable. I’d hate to see us succumb to fear mongering and instead educate ourselves, prepare for the possibility, and work toward eliminating nuclear power and weapons. My hope is that nuclear preparedness becomes a topic we’re more comfortable talking about again. But now that we’ve all been reminded that nuclear accidents can happen, nobody is laughing anymore. Nuclear fallout shelters have been stigmatized as the ultimate prep for the paranoid and the butt of many jokes.
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