nextbigfuture.com wrote:
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Energy Source Death Rate (deaths per TWh)
Coal – world average 161 (26% of world energy, 50% of electricity)
Coal – China 278
Coal – USA 15
Oil 36 (36% of world energy)
Natural Gas 4 (21% of world energy)
Biofuel/Biomass 12
Peat 12
Solar (rooftop) 0.44 (less than 0.1% of world energy)
Wind 0.15 (less than 1% of world energy)
Hydro 0.10 (europe death rate, 2.2% of world energy)
Hydro - world including Banqiao) 1.4 (about 2500 TWh/yr and 171,000 Banqiao dead)
Nuclear 0.04 (5.9% of world energy)
Say what you will about nuclear power, but the deaths directly caused by nuclear power are by far the lowest (coal power in the US causing 375 times more deaths per megawatt hour than the deaths per megawatt hour that nuclear power causes).
Additionally, the waste products of nuclear power come in convenient liquid form which is much much easier to contain than the gaseous waste products produced by many other energy sources.
Why do we hate nuclear power again?