Animal Planet: Life After Chernobyl - Documentary

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I find it very interesting that life is not only able to survive but thrive in such a contaminated area.
 
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DVR set as well! There is also a special Chernobyl episode of River Monsters before it as well.
 
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With time, nature will overcome in these contaminated areas. The property that surrounds the plants in Oak Ridge, deer are abundant. I've heard they have an annual lottery hunt. The deer taken are checked at the check station for various things, radiation contamination being the main check.
I've also heard that, as far as parasites are concerned, these deer are pretty clean.
 
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I'll probably watch this. The whole Chernobyl story and aftermath is fascinating to me.
 
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Coug said:
I find it very interesting that life is not only able to survive but thrive in such a contaminated area.
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Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger type of thing...I saw some data that people in the fallout of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who survived actually lived longer than the general population and had less incidence of cancer, etc.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger type of thing...I saw some data that people in the fallout of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who survived actually lived longer than the general population and had less incidence of cancer, etc.
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There's 1 guy that was in both cities when the bombs went off. He lived to be 93 before cancer took him. Talk about bad luck.
 
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Whuh? We have to push pause on the climate now. Otherwise, it will change and we will lose all optimal conditions for studying plants and animals that will cure cancer, Parkinson's, etc. At least that is what I heard on VN.
 
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allvol123 said:
Whuh? We have to push pause on the climate now. Otherwise, it will change and we will lose all optimal conditions for studying plants and animals that will cure cancer, Parkinson's, etc. At least that is what I heard on VN.
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Oh look, it's "that guy".
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Oh look, it's "that guy".
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Was that you? Making the incredibly simplistic and naive argument that we are essentially at some perfect condition right now for cancer and Parkinson's research. Everyone freeze, no pun intended, don't change anything!
 
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malinoisvol said:
With time, nature will overcome in these contaminated areas. The property that surrounds the plants in Oak Ridge, deer are abundant. I've heard they have an annual lottery hunt. The deer taken are checked at the check station for various things, radiation contamination being the main check.
I've also heard that, as far as parasites are concerned, these deer are pretty clean.
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Yeah, but Oak Ridge never had a reactor explosion to cause a radiation problem.
 
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Coug said:
I find it very interesting that life is not only able to survive but thrive in such a contaminated area.
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Proof positive that Earth will go on after humanity destroys itself?
 
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SWIL said:
Proof positive that Earth will go on after humanity destroys itself?
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That's actually exactly what I was thinking. It'd be kind of poetic wouldn't it? The only thing nuclear disasters really seem to kill in the end are humans and everything else finds a way.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger type of thing...I saw some data that people in the fallout of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who survived actually lived longer than the general population and had less incidence of cancer, etc.
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Sort of like a pre-emptive chemotherapy.
 
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Coug said:
That's actually exactly what I was thinking. It'd be kind of poetic wouldn't it? The only thing nuclear disasters really seem to kill in the end are humans and everything else finds a way.
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Just as Dr. Ian Malcolm said!

Now for the special I was a bit disappointed in it.
 
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Coug said:
Yeah, but Oak Ridge never had a reactor explosion to cause a radiation problem.
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I worked out there for 2 years. As I understood it, they did many experiments in the areas surrounding and not all those were cleaned.

There is radiation out there, maybe not reactor explosion level but it's out there.
 
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malinoisvol said:
With time, nature will overcome in these contaminated areas. The property that surrounds the plants in Oak Ridge, deer are abundant. I've heard they have an annual lottery hunt. The deer taken are checked at the check station for various things, radiation contamination being the main check.
I've also heard that, as far as parasites are concerned, these deer are pretty clean.
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They do have draw hunts at different times. The deer are so thick I wish they'd have more, but the local body shops appreciate the work I suppose.

We rarely keep a deer. The ones that do get kept is usually due to the animal getting into a bone-seeking isotope and not just stepping in something.

They're as healthy as any others around East TN. Years ago, they were starving due to overpopulation, but they've gotten better as the population was managed.

And no, there aren't any with 3 eyes, 7 legs, wings, etc.
 
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volinbham said:
I worked out there for 2 years. As I understood it, they did many experiments in the areas surrounding and not all those were cleaned.

There is radiation out there, maybe not reactor explosion level but it's out there.
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There is some, but its not really scattered about randomly (by wind, rain, etc) like it would be around Chernobyl. Most of the issues are due to improper waste storage/disposal during the post War/Cold War era.



As far as Chernobyl goes, the levels I've seen are high, to be sure, but nothing like I imagine will be portrayed on TV. Most of them I saw around the town wouldn't even require posting at a DOE site. Sure, its radiation, but unless you sat perfectly still in that spot for months on end...its little more than what you get naturally. There are hot spots, but nothing that would preclude life and make it a barren wasteland. Hopefully the show will explain the difference in contamination and radiation, and what "high" radiation levels actually are, etc.
 
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SergeantVol said:
My only exposure to radiation was depleted uranium and getting hit with microwave beams a lot.
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Nah, your metals exposure from the DU will get you before any of its radiological hazards would, unless you inhaled a bunch of it, and even then...

Those 30mm DU rounds are some hellacious things.
 
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