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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by shevy-java on Thursday April 30, 2026 @10:55AM (#47963494)
You write as if Fukushima was the only example. Take chernobyl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster

You are correct that there were only few deaths but there was radiation damage, and if you sum that up then Fukushima was definitely noticable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_nuclear_accident

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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by thrownthatway on Thursday April 30, 2026 @11:22AM (#47963896)
Chernobyl happened, but it’s irrelevant to calculating risk for any other operational nuclear power reactor.

That RMBK was built by those crazy Russians who thought it was reasonable to not even bother with a containment vessel / building.

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