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The point is that the leaked material stops being dangerous before it can get very far.


Two days of strong winds and storms and you've just dumped sieverts on most of the central US and Canada.


2 days and ~90% of the original radiation is gone. 3 days and it's ~97%.


10% of the radiation of something with a half life measured in hours in a lot od radiation.

10 tons of radioactive Na leak.

1 ton is left after 2 days.

Thats a lot!




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