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Re:The World’s Aging Dams by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @05:14AM (#26075763)
Or as safe; 230.000 people died in just one instance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Banqiao_Dam_failure). 112 people died building the Hoover Dam (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam#Construction_deaths).

Compare that to what are considered massive world news nuclear power plant tragedies like Chernobyl (about 31 direct deaths, long term effects are up for debate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_due_to_the_Chernobyl_di...) and Fukushima (1 direct death, low counts of radiation poisoning that can be attributed to it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disa... ).

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Re:The World’s Aging Dams by tedeh on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @06:02AM (#26076059)
Unlike water, radiation can't be seen which is why it is so frightening to the average person.
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Re:The World’s Aging Dams by Carlton2082 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @10:08AM (#26078313)
>radiation can't be seen

Not to be pedantic, but...

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Re:The World’s Aging Dams by throwawayboise on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @02:25PM (#26081489)
> radiation can't be seen

Neither can many other pollutants, but it can easily be detected, in fact it's probably one of the most easily detected.

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Re:The World’s Aging Dams by natmaka on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @11:09AM (#26079138)
Not really: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24301436
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Re:The World’s Aging Dams by nitrogen on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @01:35PM (#26080986)
Are there any studies comparing QALYs gained and lost instead of deaths?
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