![]() Gamma rays projectile spreads the further away it moves from its source therefore they have lesser chance of damaging DNA sequence in human body the further away a person stands. When it comes to Chernobyl, the deadly dose of radiation is only in specific proximity with the reactor chamber itself due to the rays being gamma rays. ![]() Now I am not sure if nuclear materials used in Japan and Chernobyl were the same. So I would imagine the Earth would be very much coevered in forests. The research was done on molecular level as they were trying to see how DNA chains were affected, and it appears that animals that live on the ground or underground (where radiation levels are higher) have not been affected much by it. Same as animals that actually eat radioactive food. It appears that trees misinterpreted some of the radioactive particles for nutrients and started absorbing them. Anyway, they analyzed plants and animals from the hot zone of the accident, from the outskirts and from the area that radiation hasn't reached. The research was based in Japan in the area that was affected by the nuclear accident after an earthquake or tsunami. In real life, I have watched a documentary about Japanese studies of how radiation impacts animals and plants. ![]() Idk about Fallout Universe rules, so I am not sure how nature would behave in span of 200 years after nuclear war. You cannot underestimate the powers of imaginary, futuristic, alternative universe, alien techonolgies! In the game, the story tells us that we messed up our entire planet but the G.E.C.K.s have helped us to reclaim the land. Some places are toxic waste sites, some places aren't so bad and others are.different. I think the game does a pretty decent job at playing "what if". Regions that were never hit directly and aren't down-range of horribly toxic areas that were, would presumably bounce back a lot sooner than places like the Glowing Sea. The little we have seen of the continental United States has plenty of life - much of it is messed up, but stuff lives and grows and in some cases, flourishes. We also haven't seen much of the world in our games. It's just that in time (possibly eons?) nature will take over and reassert herself, long after we are gone and forgotten. We certainly could wipe life of the crust of our planet and make it a place that is inhospitable to most forms of life for centuries. In my mind, nature is far more powerful than anything humanity can cook up but this "supremacy of life" kind of argument does not exist within a human lifespan. I think it depends on the extent of the damage and the effects that stem from that.
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