FAQ

(Frequently Asked Questions)

Is that dangerous?

It’s considered a low dose, but the health of effects of low doses of radiation are among the most contentious issues in radiobiology. It is well below the maximum permitted annual exposure and is the radiation equivalent of about a dozen transatlantic flights.

What does flying have to do with radiation?
What kind of protective gear did you wear?
Did you ever see that woman, Elena, that rides around the zone on her motorcycle? Her website www.kiddofspeed.com was a big thing a few years ago.

What was your total radiation dose?
How much time have you spent in the zone?
Why not? Since the Bomb first dropped, sundry mutants have starred in nearly every sci-fi movie about radiation.
With such high radiation in some places, the zone must be crawling with mutants, no?
Isn’t that confusing?
Why do Americans use different radiation units than the rest of the world?
What are normal background radiation levels?
What are the radiation levels in the zone?
How is it possible that Chernobyl helped nature? Wasn’t it the worst environmental disaster ever?
Of all Chernobyl-related subjects, why did you decide to write about natural history?