UK Nuclear Power Station Fallout map

[NorthernRaider]

FYI particulates are normally created by chemical reactions not nuclear fusion or fission, particulates which are the most damaging in lethality and number are produced primarily by diesel engines who emmisions react with sun light to produce carcinogenic particulates which are then inhaled by pedestrians. These nasty buggers can be found in higher concentrations in local magnetic fields that surround power stations, sub stations and lines of pylons. In areas where pylons and lots of vehicles are in close proximity to communities there are claims that higher levels of cancer are found.

The cooling systems of nuclear power stations are ( normally) totally seperate from the reactors and fissile materials, eg the only thing normally coming from cooling towers is steam. radioactive particles normally found near power stations often come from leaking cooling ponds but those isotopes are normally found in the water or soil not in the air.