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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by ToValueFunfetti on Thursday April 30, 2026 @10:31AM (#47963105)
>>1. Lead to basically zero direct deaths

>"Basically zero" is a funny way to spell "a few dozen".

Wikipedia asserts one "suspected" death, which I think is within bounds to call "basically zero". It does list a couple dozen injuries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_nuclear_accident

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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by crote on Thursday April 30, 2026 @11:27AM (#47963976)
Just a few lines down:

> The displacements resulted in at least 51 deaths as well as stress and fear of radiological hazards

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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by pqtyw on Thursday April 30, 2026 @12:22PM (#47964791)
It's not clear the mismanaged massive evacuation was even necessary. In hindsight its like that less people would have died if they just stayed there for a few more days.
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