Nuclear security

What if All Nuclear Reactors Blew Up at Once? UK Scientists Have a Say

If all nuclear power plants on Earth exploded simultaneously, it would result in the planet becoming completely uninhabitable over the next 156 years, due to the soil and atmosphere being contaminated by the radioactive isotope cesium-137, British scientists have pointed out.

In an article published in the Journal of Physics Special Topics, titled "The Second Nuclear Apocalypse", researchers from the UK's University of Leicester specifically referred to Season 4 of the science fiction television show The 100.

They recalled that the show wraps up with "a small crew leaving Earth in a rocket to escape an apocalypse caused by the near-simultaneous melting of all of Earth's nuclear power stations," an event which is known as "Praimfaya."

Another group survives in an extensive underground fallout shelter.