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https://nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/resources/health/health-effects-chernobyl-accident.cfm https://nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/resources/health/health-effe... How many

https://nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/resources/health/health-effects-chernobyl-accident.cfm https://nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/resources/health/health-effe... How many people died? How many people did annually from people burning coal?How many people develop long term health effects from coal? How many catastrophic failures of nuclear reactors have there been? What about catastrophic failures of other energy sources? Think critically mate.

legulere 3y ago
Is safety only about death? Why are deaths in uranium mining always ignored? How much preventative measures have been and are still being taken throughout Europe because of Chernobyl and how much damage did that do? Why do nuclear proponents only compare with coal, never with renewables?
- Georgelemental 3y ago
  > deaths in uranium mining Uranium is very energy-dense (https://xkcd.com/1162/ https://xkcd.com/1162/), you don't need to mine a lot of it to get a lot of energy out. So to produce the same amount of energy, there will be far fewer deaths from uranium mining compared to coal mining, or oil drilling, or even (IIRC) rare earth mining to make solar panels. > How much preventative measures have been and are still being taken throughout Europe because of Chernobyl and how much damage did that do? Many preventative measures are reasonable and necessary! This isn't incompatible with nuclear being safe. For example, flying is the safest form of travel, in part because there is strong safety regulation around airplanes. (That being said, a lot of the regulation around nuclear is excessive and counterproductive) > Why do nuclear proponents only compare with coal, never with renewables? The biggest problem with solar and wind is that they are intermittent, so alone they can't support a reliable grid. There are some other issues too (solar takes up a lot of land area, wind turbines kill millions of birds). But all technologies have their tradeoffs; I will support renewables where they make sense, as a component of a reliable grid alongside nuclear. Geothermal is something that doesn't gen enough attention IMO. Currently, it is only viable in a few locations, but potentially with some more R&D it could become a lot more important.

legulere 3y ago

Is safety only about death? Why are deaths in uranium mining always ignored? How much preventative measures have been and are still being taken throughout Europe because of Chernobyl and how much damage did that do? Why do nuclear proponents only compare with coal, never with renewables?

Georgelemental 3y ago
> deaths in uranium mining Uranium is very energy-dense (https://xkcd.com/1162/ https://xkcd.com/1162/), you don't need to mine a lot of it to get a lot of energy out. So to produce the same amount of energy, there will be far fewer deaths from uranium mining compared to coal mining, or oil drilling, or even (IIRC) rare earth mining to make solar panels. > How much preventative measures have been and are still being taken throughout Europe because of Chernobyl and how much damage did that do? Many preventative measures are reasonable and necessary! This isn't incompatible with nuclear being safe. For example, flying is the safest form of travel, in part because there is strong safety regulation around airplanes. (That being said, a lot of the regulation around nuclear is excessive and counterproductive) > Why do nuclear proponents only compare with coal, never with renewables? The biggest problem with solar and wind is that they are intermittent, so alone they can't support a reliable grid. There are some other issues too (solar takes up a lot of land area, wind turbines kill millions of birds). But all technologies have their tradeoffs; I will support renewables where they make sense, as a component of a reliable grid alongside nuclear. Geothermal is something that doesn't gen enough attention IMO. Currently, it is only viable in a few locations, but potentially with some more R&D it could become a lot more important.