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by brutt 2348 days ago
This millennia is not ended yet, so it is too early to count total number of victims of nuclear accidents.
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This argument makes no sense
Radioactive contamination of soil has very long tail, so we should wait until radioactivity will be lower than background level to count total number of victims. I.e. 1 victim per year x 100 years = 100 victims, while 1 victim per year x 1000 years = 1000 victims, order of magnitude more victims.