The best metric is essentially "deaths per terawatt hour." From what I remember, nuclear has an extremely low 0.05 or so (and that's entirely workplace accident

The best metric is essentially "deaths per terawatt hour." From what I remember, nuclear has an extremely low 0.05 or so (and that's entirely workplace accidents like equipment falling on somebody...) Solar is more like 0.50, and Coal is something disgusting like ~200. Everything has its risks, and nuclear is actually among the safest of all energy options. It's just like the irrational fear of flying: planes are concretely safer than driving long distances by all statistics...but the handful of rare crashes stick in the mind more than the everyday reality of automotive fatalities.