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Fukushima may not have caused much loss of life, but you also need to consider the economic damage. Natural disasters, terrorism, and unanticipated design flaw

Fukushima may not have caused much loss of life, but you also need to consider the economic damage. Natural disasters, terrorism, and unanticipated design flaws (generators below sea level) are important considerations. Those add costs that aren't always accounted for.

actinium226 5y ago
Yes, exactly, consider the economic damage of NOT building nuclear plants and allowing the climate to continue to change! Surely that's a higher economic damage than that caused by Fukushima+Chernobyl.