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How would the United States respond to a Chernobyl style nuclear meltdown during the 1970s or 1980s? The Soviets initially tried to contain the disaster with modified Luokhod rovers, but the United States had no similar program. While soldiers can be ordered to cleanup the site they likely have no relevant training to the task and it would be politically impossible to order them into such a dangerous environment. Even if soldiers are used there are only so many and drafting people as liquidators would make the anti-Vietnam movement look minor.