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Re:Intellectuals urge Germany to keep nuclear plants online by aagd on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @04:17PM (#28857134)
'Not any harm' is quite a cynic formulation. Maybe a couple of hundred deaths seems relatively few, for such an enormous event. But the impact the event had on Japan, their economy and their mental state, was obviosly the worst since WW2.

And Fukushima is still not under control.

https://apnews.com/article/world-news-japan-tsunamis-5a5a70d...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-nuclear-idUSKCN11D0...

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Re:Intellectuals urge Germany to keep nuclear plants online by Ericson2314 on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @07:17PM (#28858739)
Don't forget almost 20,000 people died in the tsunami, nuclear or not!

I think the 6-7x 9/11 is the foundation of pain, even if nuclear is an extra salient cherry on top.

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Re:Intellectuals urge Germany to keep nuclear plants online by fomine3 on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @08:06PM (#28859050)
> But the impact the event had on Japan, their economy and their mental state, was obviously the worst since WW2.

I don't know. For who lived near the plant and escaped, it's definitely true. But for others, Lost decades are serious than the accident.

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