>>2298553Chernobyl disaster:
>killed 30 people directly>caused 4,000 to 16,000 long term deaths>happened because of poor upkeep on outdated equipmentFukushima disaster:
>killed 1 person with radiation>caused 2,200 deaths from the evacuation>happened because of a tsunami that alone killed 6 times as many people as anything related to the nuclear reactorOther power generation:
>pic relatedMake no mistake, there have been tragedies involving nuclear power, but it all frankly pales in comparison to the sheer magnitude of the scope of death caused by other forms of energy production. All these knee-jerk emotional reactions against nuclear power are ill-informed at best and intentionally misinformative at worst.
