Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis
by mlyle on Friday November 08, 2019 @02:42PM
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> Nuclear accidents in contrast are very hard to assess the deaths from because a lot of people don't die straight away.
Most nuclear power deaths are ordinary industrial accidents.
When there's a nuclear disaster, it's difficult to estimate the death count. But two important points:
* The way we usually estimate it is likely very pessimistic, using a linear no-threshold model. Even so we come up with very low numbers.
* The fact that people die later is a benefit: if they died immediately there would be more loss of life expectancy.
Most nuclear power deaths are ordinary industrial accidents.
When there's a nuclear disaster, it's difficult to estimate the death count. But two important points:
* The way we usually estimate it is likely very pessimistic, using a linear no-threshold model. Even so we come up with very low numbers. * The fact that people die later is a benefit: if they died immediately there would be more loss of life expectancy.