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The shift from nuclear to coal in Germany and Japan after Fukushima has caused on the order of 10,000 deaths. The total number of deaths caused directly by the
by M2Ys4U 6y ago
The shift from nuclear to coal in Germany and Japan after Fukushima has caused on the order of 10,000 deaths.
The total number of deaths caused directly by the actual accident at Fukushima was what, one? We'll perhaps have a couple of hundred in the years to come, but that's two orders of magnitude fewer anti-Nuclear activists have caused.
- colordrops 6y agoIt's not only about deaths. The area around the plant is now uninhabitable and they haven't solved the problem of what to do with the melted cores at the plant. You permanently lose a large swath of land. With coal you can just shut it off and the problem goes away. And why is it always between coal and nuclear? With enough investment and infrastructure, renewables can serve the need as well.