Yes, I already regret jumping in on the math-game, when the real point I wanted to make was that this is an invalid comparison (apples/oranges) - sorry for that.
Plane crashes are created relatively equal in rate and magnitude.
Nuke crashes are nothing like that. We have only a single datapoint to draw from, and one that in hindsight almost seems like a relatively lucky one.
9/11 was a plane crash that wasn't like any other before it.
Yes, but think of the scales.
How many 9/11's does it take to match a worst-case scenario involving Tokyo (~35 million people)?
When I say "relatively equal" then I mean somewhere between 500 and perhaps a few thousand deaths from a plane crash. Whereas a nuke accident may range from 600k exposed to.. well, let's hope Fukushima gets its act together.
Plane crashes are created relatively equal in rate and magnitude.
Nuke crashes are nothing like that. We have only a single datapoint to draw from, and one that in hindsight almost seems like a relatively lucky one.