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by chasil 855 days ago
It already happened.

"...the Therac-20, which could produce X-rays or electrons of up to 20 MeV.

"This dual accelerator concept was applied to the Therac-20 and Therac-25, with the latter being much more compact, versatile, and easy to use. It was also more economical for a hospital to have a dual machine that could apply treatments of electrons and X-rays, instead of two machines. "

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25

This has been posted many times.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38458448