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https://ourworldindata.org/nuclear-energy https://ourworldindata.org/nuclear-energy Just this year there was a dam failure in Libya that killed between 5k-20k
by sarchertech 3y ago
https://ourworldindata.org/nuclear-energy https://ourworldindata.org/nuclear-energy
Just this year there was a dam failure in Libya that killed between 5k-20k people.
And a series of dam failures on a reservoir in China in 1975 likely killed somewhere north of 200k, destroyed more than 5 million homes, and displaced more than 10 million people.
- mikeyouse 3y agoEh.. dam failures are indeed catastrophic but the Derna dams in Libya were just clay embankments that had nothing to do with hydropower.
- sarchertech 3y agoEarth filled embankment dams are used around the world for hydropower. The primary danger from hydropower is flooding due to dam failure, so it stands to reason you’d look at all dam failures when quantifying the risk.
- lazide 3y agoAs one of many examples: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oroville_Dam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oroville_Dam] With bonus 'recently almost failed due to construction defects and would have killed thousands of Californians if it did' history.