The Japanese government has expand the long - terminal figure excretion radius around the Fukushima nuclear flora to 30 kilometers ( 18.6 stat mi ) . The United States political science is still asking to all their citizens inside an 80 - klick radius to leave . That ’s almost 50 miles .
If the federal government followed the same policy in US soil , these would be the consequences in the three most populated metropolis : New York , LA and Chicago .
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The function show the nuclear power plant closest to these cities . In the case of New York , more than 20 million multitude in the metro region would have to be evacuated , leave the metropolis deserted , from Long Island to the Bronx . If there were a Fukushima - level stroke at Indian Point , include the acquittance of massive quantities of highly radioactive water , the city would be even more affected because of the Hudson River .
In the Los Angeles urban center , 3.8 million citizenry will be safe outside the evacuation region from San Onofre and Diablo Canyon great power plants , but the metro arena ( about 15 million people total ) and the massive universe in the metropolis around LA would be greatly impress .
Chicago would see at least 9.7 million masses evacuate from the urban center and metro area .
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