Here are some of the most radioactive places on the planet, not including Chernobyl!
The Somalian Coast is a favorite for criminal organizations like the Italian Ndrangheta to dump all kinds of unpleasant material. It’s believed that over 600 barrels of toxic and nuclear waste may have been dumped here, leaving it dangerously irradiated.
Sellafield in the UK used to produce weapons-grade nuclear material during the Cold War, but is now used to reprocess nuclear fuel and decommission other nuclear products. It released 2.3 million gallons of contaminated waste into the Irish sea on a daily basis, leaving it as the most irradiated sea in the world.
The Hanford Site, Washington, USA, is also highly irradiated due to its historical involvement in the production of weapons-grade plutonium for around 60,000 different nuclear weapons. The waste was buried underground, contaminating large areas of groundwater.
The Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant in Japan experienced a 9.1 magnitude earthquake followed by a powerful tsunami, leading to a dangerous reactor failure and millions of gallons of irradiated water filling the surrounding area. It likely won’t be fully decommissioned for forty years and isn’t even close to safe for human habitation.
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