I never said nuclear power plants were bad. But Chernobyl depopulated a 1,000 square mile region that will remain uninhabitable for hundreds to thousands of years. Do that a couple more times over a century in a densely populated area like Europe and see how easy it is to travel without a car made of lead, much less find a place to live.
Yeah, so dangerous that the wildlife has found itself a great new sanctuary, and the babushkas that refused to evacuate and lives in the "zone" at 90 years old all died decades ago.. oh...
It's not uninhabitable, it's simply uninhabited. It's perfectly safe to visit Chernobyl, or even live there, and has been for years. It's been open for tourism since 2011. Dilapidated buildings pose a bigger risk to Chernobyl tourists than radiation. Animals certainly don't seem worse off and they returned to the city long before people did.