JCFarnham
Auror
I'd imagine this might be on the periphery of a lot of people's interests. However, in the event that some one out there has studied this kind of stuff, I'd like to see if I can get some solid information on this.
I'm looking into nuclear holocaust scenarios for a story I have in the planning stages at the moment*. If asked this question in a number of place and done some research in to the matter myself, but I haven't yet got a decent answer for how long would it take until the kind of radiation you get from nuclear fallout has decayed to a relatively safe level.
I'm beginning to wonder whether this is a "no body knows" question, because I've even tracked down some now public cold war era documents, stuff on Chernobyl... no where does anyone attempt to define when it would be quote-unquote safe.
Of course, I could be looking in all the wrong places. I still need to such for some of the Bikini Atoll studies.
*I want to make it clear. This isn't generic post-apocalypse fiction, so don't you worry. It just so happens that a large scale nuclear event is in the past of the setting haha
ADDITIONAL: I've spent time looking into long term effects of fallout, the genetic bits, the illnesses, all that fun stuff, and its safe to say that I can handwave it all. I'm mainly asking this question so I can clarify my time line. Better to be safe than sorry. Do it now, less work later.
I'm looking into nuclear holocaust scenarios for a story I have in the planning stages at the moment*. If asked this question in a number of place and done some research in to the matter myself, but I haven't yet got a decent answer for how long would it take until the kind of radiation you get from nuclear fallout has decayed to a relatively safe level.
I'm beginning to wonder whether this is a "no body knows" question, because I've even tracked down some now public cold war era documents, stuff on Chernobyl... no where does anyone attempt to define when it would be quote-unquote safe.
Of course, I could be looking in all the wrong places. I still need to such for some of the Bikini Atoll studies.
*I want to make it clear. This isn't generic post-apocalypse fiction, so don't you worry. It just so happens that a large scale nuclear event is in the past of the setting haha
ADDITIONAL: I've spent time looking into long term effects of fallout, the genetic bits, the illnesses, all that fun stuff, and its safe to say that I can handwave it all. I'm mainly asking this question so I can clarify my time line. Better to be safe than sorry. Do it now, less work later.
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