[andbberger]

A single nuke would be more like 100k deaths, still several orders of magnitude safer. But yes, the actual danger posed by radiation is far less than what it is imagined to be

[jessriedel]

Sure, but this is neither a nuclear weapon (it would be, at most, a radiological weapon) nor risk-similar to one.

[andbberger]

OP argued this is risk-equivalent to nuclear war. it's not even close