Gentlemen: The below link as interesting photos and discussion regarding people, mostly independent older ladies, living in Chernobyls exclusion zone.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/eart...wasteland.html
Might easily translate into PCs and situations for T2K game. I'd drafted but never played out a 'recovery mission' were characters were to go into a hot zone that was formerly a major port to recover military assets on the pier when the port was nuked. Might change that a little after reading this article. Some areas might be a relatively peaceful and uncontaminated 'oasis' protected by prevailing winds, moutains...