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I couldn't find a definite number, but the total number of people who evacuated are somewhere around 100-200k. (Every source has different numbers because the
by yongjik 8y ago
I couldn't find a definite number, but the total number of people who evacuated are somewhere around 100-200k. (Every source has different numbers because the zone kept changing, I guess.)
Meanwhile, coal emission kills ~1M every year, or ~100k every month. (I guess the numbers are just an order-of-magnitude estimate, so take them with a grain of salt.)
So, during the month of Fukushima disaster (the second worst nuclear power disaster in history) it displaced a few times more people than coal killed in that month.
- davrosthedalek 8y agoAlso, coal mining, especially surface mining, displaces people too.
- ljf 8y agoThankfully we are using far less coal now in the UK and plan to carry on using less. Yes coal is terrible and the sooner the world stopa using it the better, but the answer isn't 'if we can't have nuclear then we can only have coal' is a lie. https://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk https://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk