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The number of people killed just by coal power plants in Europe is around 20k a year, choosing to abandon nuclear without clean alternatives in place first was

• duped 5y ago
  I totally agree, but it's disingenuous to compare estimated indirect deaths from coal plants to direct deaths of a nuclear accident that was covered up for decades with no good estimate of the indirect deaths and illness from exposure.
  • dragontamer 5y ago
    > no good estimate of the indirect deaths and illness Don't we have Geiger counter that can measure the amount of radiation emanating from nuclear power plants, including Chernobyl?
  • jcranmer 5y ago
    > a nuclear accident that was covered up for decades The cover-up of Chernobyl lasted barely days. > with no good estimate of the indirect deaths and illness from exposure. Only a multitude of studies. The current consensus in the scientific community is that somewhere around 20,000-30,000 total deaths attributable to Chernobyl have or will occur.
  • throwaway894345 5y ago
    To the extent that the comparison is disingenuous, I would think it's because we're comparing the criminal mismanagement of a Soviet nuclear facility with ordinary coal facilities. Frankly Chernobyl wouldn't happen in the west (and thus using it as a reason not to invest in nuclear seems disingenuous), and certainly not with newer, smaller, and safer reactor designs.