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The number of deaths per terrawatt-hour is 0.04 for Wind vs 0.03 for Nuclear (compared to 25 for coal and 2.4 for natural gas). The figure for nuclear includes
by deepspace 4y ago
The number of deaths per terrawatt-hour is 0.04 for Wind vs 0.03 for Nuclear (compared to 25 for coal and 2.4 for natural gas). The figure for nuclear includes deaths resulting from the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters, which distorts the numbers. The death rate for nuclear during normal operation (which is how wind, coal, and gas are measured) is vanishingly small.
- panick21_ 4y agoNot sure how to count but most of the death in Fukushima were because of unnecessary actions by the government that resulted in far more problems then the radiation itself. Chernobyl I think shouldn't even be counted, its such a different technology stack. Neither is very deadly. I would just really like to see a nice modern nuclear plant.