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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jul-2019 03:30:24 EDT Strypey

   @wjmaggos are you saying less than 50 people died in the #Chernobyl disaster? The Soviet propaganda figure was 31 and is laughable. Independent estimates range between tens and hundreds of thousands. But it's hard to measure exactly how many people died as a result of the increases in cancer etc in the areas hit by radioactive fallout. It's also worth noting that hundreds of people sacrificed their lives to keep the reactor from melting down and killing millions.
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   1. Daniel Taylor (randomdamage@mastodon.technology)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jul-2019 10:09:21 EDT Daniel Taylor

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      @strypey @wjmaggos @djsumdog a few dozen from immediate trauma seems reasonable, with several thousand more from chronic effects.

      Any reasonable analysis still has nuclear beating even the cleanest FF options, and cheaper once health costs are rolled in (for instance, how much do we spend per year trwating FF pollution induced asthma?)