This map of the Chernobyl exclusion zone specifies in the key that greater than 40 curies per square kilometer is required to make an area uninhabitable. In the case of Chernobyl, an uninhabitable radioactive exclusion zone was created which covers more than 1100 square miles.

 

 

This map of the Chernobyl exclusion zone specifies in the key that greater than 40 curies per square kilometer is required to make an area uninhabitable. In the case of Chernobyl, an uninhabitable radioactive exclusion zone was created which covers more than 1100 square miles.