US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor design

Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by kwhitefoot on Sunday July 31, 2022 @12:38PM (#32296712)

I can't say anything about the excess death rate. My source is the VG webpage I included. It seems unlikely that there are enough people over 70 to make a 3 to 1 difference between the two countries. Perhaps someone can provide a reference to correct me.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by wizofaus on Sunday July 31, 2022 @03:15PM (#32297943)

It's likely to be somewhere in the order of 20% (that's the figure for over 65s for Europe as a whole). Excess deaths is definitely a better measure than those attributed to Covid - e.g. it was reported in Australia deaths were recorded as due to covid in any case that a hospital patient tested +ve even if the immediate cause of death was unrelated - i.e. they almost certainly would have died anyway regardless of Covid.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by kwhitefoot on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @02:34PM (#32335279)

Our excess death rate in Norway was negative.

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