Reply #13: Would you live in an area contaminated by a 'Dirty bomb?' [View All]

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Most people wouldn't.

For decades, people in Nevada and Utah were dusted with fallout from atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons. There were health issues all over the US. People learned to live with it.

In the early 70's I used to go rock hunting near the Nevada test range. There were a lot of mines closed down in WWII when the range opened and there are a lot of good collection sites.
I stopped at a cafe on Rt. 50 and got into a conversation with what looked like a prospector. He asked what brought me to the area. I told him what I was doing and where I planned to go. He told me he was the site manager at the test range and they were getting ready to detonate an underground nuclear blast just a few miles from where I was planning to go. I'm glad I talked with him first.