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Romania blasts rock to divert water from drought-hit Danube to nuclear reactor
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyshtym_disaster
Right? So now we're comparing Soviet weapons labs to power generation. Okay fine, I'll play ball.
Casualties 270,000-500,000+ affected . 10,000โ12,000 evacuated . At least 200 people died of radiation sickness, unknown estimated future death toll from radiation induced illness. 66 diagnosed cases of chronic radiation syndrome
that's 266+ dead and another 25 to 100 likely from long term exposure and contamination casualties over the next century.
How many die each day from petrochemical fumes?
Ha, so nuclear is so bad, we have to compare it to the petrochemical industry, which is the most polluting on earth? That says a lot, but not the way you'd probably like
do they still teach reading comprehension in schools?
More like 10k to 50k long term deaths due to effects of radiation exposure like cancer. Cancer rates among those affected by radiation are way higher than you assume.
provide a source https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2889503/
Want to source that? Chenrobyl is the worst disaster nuclear has had by far and... it basically slightly raised background exposure by a few % if you lived in poland ukraine or russia . The Kyshtym exclusion zone may sound scary but the effective dose of radiation in Ozyorsk isabout 0.1 mSv a year, which is harmless compared to a natural radiation background of about 2 mSv a year. AKA living on granite or marble is worse than living in the exclusion zone.