BYU profs create new nuclear reactor to produce nuclear energy more safely

Re:BYU profs create new nuclear reactor to produce nuclear e... by oxfordmale on Friday October 07, 2022 @06:27AM (#33119443)

This completely ignores the stress of evacuating your home town and the fear of having been exposed to a cancer inducing radiation dose. Even ignoring those it would have resulted in poverty for those who had to evacuate and poverty is a known cause of increase death rates

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Re:BYU profs create new nuclear reactor to produce nuclear e... by arcticbull on Friday October 07, 2022 @12:18PM (#33123363)

Those were included in the 4000 deaths number. Irrational though the fears were they led to people believing they were 'contaminated' and committing suicide, etc. The overwhelming majority of cancers were thyroid which is 99% curable (especially when you're monitoring for it).

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