[xrange]

If Fukushima is a major event, with no fatalities, what does one consider the Banqiao Dam event, with 170,000 fatalities?

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

[vkou]

A sign that we should shut down every single hydroelectric power-plant in the world.

Or, we could be reasonable about these things, and understand that power generation at an industrial scale will kill people.

[mistermann]

"That's different!"

[adrianN]

Also a major event, but in a category that is almost completely irrelevant to the current discussion.