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Less than coal, oil and even hydropower per KW.h. https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy
by mam2 6y ago
Less than coal, oil and even hydropower per KW.h.
https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy
- jleahy 6y agoEven after making absolute worst case assumptions (linear no threshold), which are still widely debated (see the book ‘Radiation and reason’ by Wade Allison, my old professor, if you are sufficiently interested).
- bsanr2 6y agoBut does that scale? Planes kill fewer people than cars do per mile traveled. What happens when everyone has a flying car?
- enkid 6y agoYes...? We would still be talking about highly regulated centralized power generation. We're not talking about everyone having a nuclear reactor in their backyard.
- floxy 6y agoI thought small modular reactors were the new hotness in this space. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_small_modular_reactor_designs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_small_modular_reactor_...
- lm28469 6y agoThat's a bad analogy. France gets 70% of its electricity from nuclear and it scales perfectly fine. It's not like everyone will have his own personal nuclear reactor in their living room