On: It's time to dispel the myths about nuclear power

[marcus_holmes]

"more controllable"?

As the article says, Fukishima killed nobody, and wind power energy generation has killed more people than nuclear power generation.

I don't know how much more controllable you want?

[vacri → marcus_holmes]

> wind power energy generation has killed more people than nuclear power generation

Have you got a source for that claim? I'm genuinely interested to see how that stacks up, given that Chernobyl alone killed about 50 people directly, and a handwavy amount from increased cancer rates.

[shkkmo → vacri]

This was posted elsewhere in this thread and breaks down deaths per TWH by energy source:

http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/deaths-per-twh-by-energy-so...

According to this data, nuclear is far safer than other sources.

[marcus_holmes → shkkmo]

never seen those stats before. That's awesome. Interesting that Hydro is the safest apart from that one accident. I wonder if that's a long-term trend - that hydro accidents are very rare but very very bad. I guess we'll find out.

[FeepingCreature → vacri]

http://www.caithnesswindfarms.co.uk/AccidentStatistics.htm lists wind power with 35 deaths in America, according to the site that links to it. Less than nuclear, but much more if you weight it by power produced.

Most deaths seem to happen by people falling off the things. Or turbines falling on people during installation.

I think maybe people take nuclear plant maintenance more seriously or something.

[marcus_holmes → vacri]

TFA. 100 people killed by Wind Power since the 90's, right there in the article.

But I'm guessing you didn't read the article, because it also puts your handwavy number at roughly zero.