THE VIDEO SHELF · radiation exposure
The Most Radioactive Places on Earth
Veritasium visits Chernobyl, Fukushima and other places to find who on Earth is exposed to the most ionizing radiation. The answer turns out to be surprising and puts radiation risk in context.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters use it to put radiation exposure and risk into perspective, including everyday sources like flights and smoking.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Veritasium
- Topic
- radiation exposure
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2015–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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One of his other videos describes the people who are most exposed to radiation. The answer shocked me: [VIDEO]
junto on Hacker News · 2015-06
In A Walk Around Chernobyl [video]Radiation is definitely creepy and poorly understood. There was a great video by the Veritasium guy on it: [VIDEO] Punch line, you definitely wanna stay away from ciggarettes if you don't like radiation. There's also this crazy woman (I think she's German?) who likes to …
erentz on Hacker News · 2019-05
In They Fictionalize Nuclear Disasters Like Chernobyl Because They Kill So Few
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