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For many people it's fatalities, yes. For others like me, it's about not leaving nuclear waste around for many thousands of years. That is, "factoring in secondary and tertiary costs", including ones not necessarily expressed in today's dollars.

The world would be all over a nuclear fuel cycle that doesn't produce waste that needs very-long-term storage.



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