Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants
by protastus on Friday December 31, 2021 @02:39PM
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> How many people died from Chernobyl? About 50, despite over 100,000 people working at the site on cleanup. The adjacent reactors continued to run and provide power for about a decade after the incident.
I am surprised you're quoting official Soviet numbers. Numbers that weren't updated since the early days of the accident.
> How many people died of radiation poisoning at Fukushima? Zero.
At what cost?
Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants
by jacquesm on Friday December 31, 2021 @02:44PM
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Besides the spike in thyroid cancers, from the Baltics to Poland, Romania and Ukraine on down.
Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants
by sam_lowry_ on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @02:10PM
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This is 4000 deaths spread statistically over I do not remember how many tens of years.
Check for yourself: https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub913e_web.p...
Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants
by SavantIdiot on Friday December 31, 2021 @03:11PM
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Your logic: no one died today, ergo it must be safe.
Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants
by yakshaving_jgt on Friday December 31, 2021 @03:38PM
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You should consider changing your position. It’s not too late for that.
Happy New Year.
Coal plants kill millions of people worldwide every year.
How many people died from Chernobyl? About 50, despite over 100,000 people working at the site on cleanup. The adjacent reactors continued to run and provide power for about a decade after the incident.
How many people died of radiation poisoning at Fukushima? Zero.
Zero!