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[–] jasondj@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The death rate for nuclear was mostly from Fukushima, where about 2,300 elderly people died from the stress of moving from their homes. But their houses were also wiped out from a 35 ft tsunami so...

Chernobyl and Fukushima didn't directly kill very many people. Only 1 person died from radiation at Fukushima.

From the author:

"People often focus on the marginal differences at the bottom of the chart – between nuclear, solar, and wind. This comparison is misguided: the uncertainties around these values mean they are likely to overlap.

The key insight is that they are all much, much safer than fossil fuels.

Nuclear energy, for example, results in 99.9% fewer deaths than brown coal; 99.8% fewer than coal; 99.7% fewer than oil; and 97.6% fewer than gas. Wind and solar are just as safe."