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Re:Why the Clean Tech Boom Went Bust by johno215 on Saturday January 21, 2012 @11:49PM (#3495677)
You are correct that radiation exposure does statically increase the risk for cancer. A handful of emergency workers did receive exposures above the level where the increased risk could be statistically detected compared to regular cancer risk rates.

So it is possible several people may face an earlier death than they would have if Fukoshima did not occur. But when talking deaths we are still short by 3 to 4 orders of magnitudes to the direct deaths from the earthquake.

[1] http://www.slideshare.net/iaea/radiological-briefing-11-0505 [2] http://xkcd.com/radiation/

Re:Why the Clean Tech Boom Went Bust by Tichy on Sunday January 22, 2012 @06:32AM (#3496350)
As with coal, it is completely silly to compare the number of deaths with the number of deaths from the earthquake.

I take it you wouldn't mind moving into those evacuated areas around Fukushima. Housing is probably really cheap there right now.