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Originally Posted by tenmins
A couple of questions here.
1. If the whole Fukushima power plant were hoisted into space and sent off somewhere towards the sun would there still be any serious radiation in the area where it used to be?
2. If so, how long would it take to return to tolerable levels?
Tricky questions I know. Any ideas?
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It depends of the levels of radiation in already contaminated soil, water, facilites etc of exclusion zone. It also depends of a sort of radionuclides.
The half-life of Iodine-131 is 8, 0197 days.
The half-life of Cesium-137 is 30,17 years
The half-life of Plutonium-239 is 24,200 years