[beerandt]

>not only because its human toll was so high

1 radiation death and 18 injuries? (Only 2 of which involved possible radiation exposure.)

The "overly-conservative" decision to evacuate such a large area killed more people than if they hadn't evacuated at all.

Even Chernobyl only killed ~30 people, with maybe another 30 cases of cancer that workers had since then.

[gnulinux]

Sorry I phrased it wrong. I meant to say "not because". That "only" is extraneous.