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Re:Activists who embrace nuclear power by Wowfunhappy on Sunday February 21, 2021 @02:57PM (#26216556)
It's worth noting that, even taking second-order effects into account, the total number of deaths from nuclear accidents is actually quite low compared to other methods of generating electricity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzfpyo-q-RM

Nuclear seems more dangerous for the same reason planes seem more dangerous than cars—when something goes wrong, it's a big news event.

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Re:Activists who embrace nuclear power by nicoburns on Sunday February 21, 2021 @05:00PM (#26217677)
One of the other comments was talking about the land-use impact of renewables. Nuclear exclusion zones are pretty bad from this perspective.
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Re:Activists who embrace nuclear power by vlovich123 on Monday February 22, 2021 @12:08PM (#26226976)
Aside from Chernobyl (which happened some 35 years ago), nuclear exclusion zones are pretty small & don't have a significant impact (Deepwater Horizon well was arguably larger in terms of the area impacted).
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Re:Activists who embrace nuclear power by subaquamille on Sunday February 21, 2021 @04:44PM (#26217552)
The main problem with nuclear is that when something goes wrong, it last for way longuer than any other form of catastrof.
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Re:Activists who embrace nuclear power by drran on Sunday February 21, 2021 @04:37PM (#26217488)
Data is cherry-picked. For example, if 60 000 people die because of Chornobyl radiation to 2005 (estimation from video) doesn't mean that they will stop dying after 2005. How many people will die after 2005? Video gives no answer.

Also, the video indirectly suggests that we can replace flood protection with nuclear energy. :-/ Dams are built mainly to protect population from floods, so they SAVE millions of lives every year, while also generating electrical energy, which is used to upkeep dams.

Banqiao incident is pictured like Chornobyl`, but, in reality, a bunch of people lives was SAVED by lower dam. The flood broke 62 dams. Just imagine what may happen when 10 nuclear reactors and/or nuclear waste sites will be flooded instead.

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