Apparently, after World War II, there was a concerted effort to find peaceful uses for atomic energy.
The circular garden measures 100 meters in radius, and enclosed by an 8-meter high shielding dike wall.
Species within are irradiated with gamma rays from a cobalt-60 source placed inside a central pole.
Paige describes about these gamma garden in aninterview to Pruned, that is worth reading.
The amount of radiation received by the plants naturally varied according to how close they were to the pole.
Most of the plants close to the pole simply died.
Photos:Govinda Rizal
Further Reading:Newscientist,NYTimes,Good.is
