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Re:BYU profs create new nuclear reactor to produce nuclear e... by kelnos on Friday October 07, 2022 @02:31PM (#33125179)
How is that a useful or interesting comparison? What matters, as someone downthread referenced, are measures like deaths per unit of electricity produced when compared to other forms of power generation.

Comparing things like this is like saying we shouldn't worry so much about opioid deaths because so many more people die in car crashes.

Re:BYU profs create new nuclear reactor to produce nuclear e... by latortuga on Friday October 07, 2022 @03:37PM (#33125933)
Those are addressed in the episode as well and nuclear is at the bottom of the list. The order of deaths per unit of electricity were Coal > Oil > Gas > Hydro > Rooftop Solar > Wind > Nuclear[1]

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/494425/death-rate-worldw...