Somewhat crazy, but: One more level of abstraction, and lots of people die at nuclear plants because they're not built yet (or existing ones were delayed, or in maintenance), due to the coal power which they would displace.
Even weirder, the rates of cancer are higher around nuclear power plant locations. Even when the plants haven't been built yet. Turns out, such things tens to get built in old industrial areas that are already heavily contaminated.
This is going to be my go-to factoid on nuclear plant nimby-ism.
My uncle had an interesting experience in this vein. It was well understood that high voltage power lines caused all manner of health issues, from cancer to various degenerative diseases. He understood that EM radiation from the lines really shouldn't be very dangerous, though, and didn't think much of the leg of a line tower in his back yard. Then one day the power company came through to clear out the underbrush growing around the base of the line's tower. In just two days after the spraying all vegitation was thoroughly dead. Turns out they spray an Agent Orange-like chemical to keep the towers maintained from plant overgrowth. You can bet he moved shortly after noticing that. (This was some years ago, and likely has been (hopefully) rectified.)
If anything causes people to get medical check-ups more often it's still beneficial, even if the reason for doing it may be irrational (fear of radiation leaked from a nuclear reactor). Such fears may even trigger a statistical increase in cancer rates from increased detection.
Family of mine worked in uranium mines. Lots of people died there as a result of radioactive particles that ended up in their lungs (plus the typical mining accidents).
