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Most 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.
by RyanMcGreal 15y ago
Most 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.