(1) GOIANIA ACCIDENT: ... between 60 and 80 people died as a result of the accident ...
OK, that's bad.
(2) RADIOTHERAPY ACCIDENTS: ... Ten deaths and 78 injuries were attributed to overexposure.
The fact that this is called "RADIOTHERAPY" accidents should give you a pause. Radiation was being used to save lives, and when some machines malfunctioned, peoplpe died. Now insert anything else there (say, vaccination or anesthesia) and see how that sounds. Are we saying vaccination is dangerous and should be abolished because accidents lead to death?
(3) THULE ACCIDENT: ... an aircraft accident involving nuclear weapons ... leading to widespread contamination of the area.
Sorry to sound crass, but what military incident doesn't?
(4) CASTLE BRAVO: During a nuclear weapons test, the U.S. military detonated a thermonuclear hydrogen bomb ... ended up having a 15 megaton yield ...
Well, I think we can all agree that detonating a 15MT H-bomb is bad.
(5) THE THREE MILE ISLAND ACCIDENT
Yes, the infamous radiation accident where nobody died.
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I really hate these fear-mongering articles that conflate nuclear bombs and peaceful use of nuclear energy, making the public believe they're both dangerous because they're NUCLEAR. That makes about as much sense as protesting use of asphalt because it's made of the same petroleum that also makes napalm.
Let's go through five incidents listed here:
(1) GOIANIA ACCIDENT: ... between 60 and 80 people died as a result of the accident ...
OK, that's bad.
(2) RADIOTHERAPY ACCIDENTS: ... Ten deaths and 78 injuries were attributed to overexposure.
The fact that this is called "RADIOTHERAPY" accidents should give you a pause. Radiation was being used to save lives, and when some machines malfunctioned, peoplpe died. Now insert anything else there (say, vaccination or anesthesia) and see how that sounds. Are we saying vaccination is dangerous and should be abolished because accidents lead to death?
(3) THULE ACCIDENT: ... an aircraft accident involving nuclear weapons ... leading to widespread contamination of the area.
Sorry to sound crass, but what military incident doesn't?
(4) CASTLE BRAVO: During a nuclear weapons test, the U.S. military detonated a thermonuclear hydrogen bomb ... ended up having a 15 megaton yield ...
Well, I think we can all agree that detonating a 15MT H-bomb is bad.
(5) THE THREE MILE ISLAND ACCIDENT
Yes, the infamous radiation accident where nobody died.
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I really hate these fear-mongering articles that conflate nuclear bombs and peaceful use of nuclear energy, making the public believe they're both dangerous because they're NUCLEAR. That makes about as much sense as protesting use of asphalt because it's made of the same petroleum that also makes napalm.