I guess I'm asking is it better to be at sea level or at a high altitude?
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Iirc, a lot of it depends on where and how those radioactive particles are going to spread. So factor in water flow, and typical wind patterns.
Valleys in particular can potentially be somewhat safe, so long as detonation occurred well outside of the valley itself.
This is the right of it OP. Wind conditions for example, like in parts of California where smog just lingers for decades. Radioactive particulate will do the same thing, dwell there and render it uninhabitable.
Well, dilution is a solution to a lot of hazardous materials. That said I don't have experience with much radioactive materials besides Caesium(which is a bitch, do not recommend), my experience with radiation is mostly energy related.
So I have no idea if that was a good move or not.