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If we spent the same $/TWh on coal/oil safety as we do on nuclear, maybe this would look different. Obviously, coal and oil are simply used, abundant, and cheap
by swaits 15y ago
If we spent the same $/TWh on coal/oil safety as we do on nuclear, maybe this would look different. Obviously, coal and oil are simply used, abundant, and cheap.
- RyanMcGreal 15y agoMost of the deaths from coal are related to air quality, so simply improving plant safety isn't going to do a lot to reduce the death rate.
- pjscott 15y agoThere are plant upgrades, like various types of scrubbers, that can remove some of the worst particulates from coal plant emissions. I don't know what the marginal decrease in deaths per TWh per dollar would be, though, or how low it can go. There are also a considerable number of deaths from mining accidents, which of course are drastically smaller for nuclear than for coal. Considering the relative amounts of mining required, this should not be a surprise.