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Exactly. In hindsight, it's clear it wasn't going to turn into a radiation release worse than Chernobyl. But at the time of the evacuation, not enough was known

Exactly. In hindsight, it's clear it wasn't going to turn into a radiation release worse than Chernobyl. But at the time of the evacuation, not enough was known. With so many unknowns, it would be incredibly irresponsible not to evacuate. I think blaming the evacuation is wrong. You have look deeper, at the reason that an evacuation was necessary in the first place.

mpweiher 9y ago
> worse than Chernobyl Have you tracked the WHO assessments of the impact of Chernobyl? It turns out that there as well, the non-radiation effects (evacuation, psychological stress, etc.) far outweighed the radiation effects. > reason that an evacuation was necessary Apart from a core that was certainly necessary: hysteria, fueled by the mass media and an unscientific/unproven and almost certainly wrong model of the health risks of radiation exposure.