“Nearby trees that had absorbed the radiation were all cut down and buried in concrete pits.”
-Chernobyl: A Nuclear Disaster
Anything can absorb radiation. That doesn’t make them radioactive.
However, if they took up radioactive materials through their roots, the materials would be dispersed inside the wood and make the tree appear radioactive. Since there’s no way to separate the materials from the tree while it is still alive, they cut them down.
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Posted on April 28, 2006 by Stewart Peterson |
