Risk implies uncertainty. A "guaranteed risk" is not a risk. And of course I prefer a small decrease in life expectancy to the risk of rendering millions of peo

Risk implies uncertainty. A "guaranteed risk" is not a risk. And of course I prefer a small decrease in life expectancy to the risk of rendering millions of people homeless. The equation does change when taking climate change in account. But that does not mean renewables are preferred to nuclear merely for "political reasons". Being better than coal does not remotely make it acceptable.