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Literally zero people died in the immediate aftermath, and in the years since one person who worked at the plant has died. The data is clear, in terms of death
by arcticbull 4y ago
Literally zero people died in the immediate aftermath, and in the years since one person who worked at the plant has died.
The data is clear, in terms of deaths per TWh of generated power, nuclear is the safest, cleanest form of power we have. [1]
Coal power kills between 24 and 100 people per TWh generated (100 for brown coal). Nuclear is 0.03 - between industrial solar and wind, and significantly lower than rooftop solar. It also has a lower carbon impact than both wind and solar.
Yes people were evacuated. But they'd have been evacuated anyways whatever kind of plant was there.
[1] https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy
- grey-area 4y agoI wasn’t talking about deaths but about cost. The data is pretty clear on that too which is why solar and wind have risen while new fission plants decline.