"Cousin Ricky" <ric### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> (Interestingly, you can find lots of studies and articles about the surprising
> proliferation of wildlife in the Chernobyl area.  The pro-nuclear camp cites
> these and says, "See, nuclear radiation isn't so bad after all."  But a closer
> look reveals that the animals are often in poor health, and the implication
> hits you like a fuel rod to the side of the head:  an exploding nuclear pile is
> less dangerous to wildlife than the mere presence of human beings!  Oh.

Huh, that's an interesting twist...

Then again, "mother nature" has had her own uncontrolled nuclear experiments
long before Chernobyl, for example with that water-moderated natural fission
reactor somewhere in Africa...

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