[johnnyb9]

Sure, like Fukushima, which is rare, and had a single death?

[ceejayoz]

The economic damages of a 30km exclusion zone that close to NYC might be significant, even without deaths.

[mikeyouse]

Also the Japanese government is projecting a total of somewhere between $200 billion and $600 billion to clean up the mess left behind -- amortizing that on the $/MWh produced by the power plant would probably lead to slightly more expensive power...

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/clearing-the-radi...