OT: Its official - fear of nuclear kills more people

The Natural Philosopher · 2017-09-08T09:36:32+00:00

"One of the main lessons drawn is that the impact of a nuclear accident goes well beyond direct radiation effects and includes considerable psychological, social and economic consequences," Shamisen said. "Another major lesson is that some decisions taken to protect the populations can in fact cause collateral damage." Shamisen notes there were no deaths related to radiation exposure reported in Fukushima, but the evacuation caused more than 600 premature deaths, particularly among the elderly and the critically ill patients who were evacuated under inadequate conditions.