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From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:16:04 +1100
> 
> There is something of an industry arranging "study visits" to 
> the place (which is actually the town of Pripyat, beside the 
> power station, Chernobyl being about 20km away).  Given 
> suitable advice, an informed guide and the right frame of 
> mind, it is interesting and instructive to visit the area, 
> and the town. The power station itself is out of bounds. I 
> believe the visit was no more risky than an extended stay in 
> Aberdeen, especially at the wrong end of the beach there.  
> NB, it's only my belief, I have no evidence - except for 
> http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/homes/rsh/Aberdeen_Beach_radioactive.html !
> 

Interesting read !  I suppose none of us have much idea what is being washed
up on our beaches, flushed down our creeks, etc.  I think most of the
testing of these things is looking for biological or chemically active
contaminants, don't know how much testing is done for radioactivity.

...Wayne



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