Is hydro more dangerous than nuclear? The Banqiao and Shimantan Dams killed 171k people, whereas Chernobyl killed 30 people directly plus an increase in cancer

Is hydro more dangerous than nuclear? The Banqiao and Shimantan Dams killed 171k people, whereas Chernobyl killed 30 people directly plus an increase in cancer risk. No one died directly at Fukushima, though zero to hundreds could from radiation exposure depending on the estimates. About 18k died in the tsunami. (I just realized the Oroville Dam is for a reservoir rather than power generation, but the risks are similar.)