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Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis by JTbane on Friday November 08, 2019 @10:59AM (#21483446)
>It is very hard to measure the reduced life expectancy due to radiation..

Not at all true, as there us a ton of research that all point to low levels of radiation having minimal risk. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_no-threshold_model

The hysterics that surround nuclear accidents (like what happened in Europe during the Chernobyl disaster) were simply an overreaction.

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Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis by jakub_g on Friday November 08, 2019 @02:49PM (#21486013)
There's been many long-term effects of Chernobyl disaster in eastern Europe. For example, thyroid diseases rate spiked dramatically in Belarus and eastern Poland.

It's not fully confirmed this was the only/major cause, but it seems very likely from the evidence.

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