Well the 2900 people who died in the Johnstown dam failure immediatly come to mind. But its much, much worse than that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam_failu

Well the 2900 people who died in the Johnstown dam failure immediatly come to mind. But its much, much worse than that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam_failure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam_failure If had the same risk management mindset for dams as we do for nuclear, we would also be banning hydroelectic.