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From the page I found, "more Americans have died from installing rooftop solar than have ever died from the construction or use of American nuclear power plants
by jimmaswell 10y ago
From the page I found, "more Americans have died from installing rooftop solar than have ever died from the construction or use of American nuclear power plants". On average, nuclear is safer. The likelihood of another Fukashima is even lower now that it's happened and been documented.
- mambodog 10y agoI think you mean 'on average, nuclear is safer than rooftop solar'. How about nuclear vs. large scale solar? Large scale solar + wind? These are more realistic equivalents to nuclear.
- jimmaswell 10y agoThis still seems to just mention rooftop but it's still telling how far US nuclear is below its next runner up, Hydro - .1 to 5 deaths/trillion kWh
- jimmaswell 10y agoMeant to link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2012/06/10/energys-deathprint-a-price-always-paid/#2f56e537709b https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2012/06/10/energys-d...
- rawrRAWR 10y agoThis can quickly change, when one terrorist attack happens on a single nuclear plant. Not so much with wind or solar, though ;)
- jimmaswell 10y agoFrom what I'm seeing in this PDF, it's not that much of a concern. http://www.iaea.org/inis/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/34/066/34066699.pdf http://www.iaea.org/inis/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Publ...
- anigbrowl 10y agoThat's certainly a delicious cherry you picked. I'm pro nuclear myself, but ignoring people's legitimate worries about worst-case scenarios is not a great advocacy strategy.
- jimmaswell 10y agoIt's hardly cherry picking. Look at this chart: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2012/06/10/energys-deathprint-a-price-always-paid/#2f56e537709b https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2012/06/10/energys-d...
- anigbrowl 10y agoThe externalities of nuclear disasters/errors don't halt at borders, diffuse though they are.