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Statistically, no civilian has died from nuclear power accidents in the last 30 years. None.

Hundreds have died due to airplanes falling onto them. See for example El AL cargo plane falling onto a residential building in the Netherlands in 1992, I believe it's the worst event but several lesser accidents have happened since then.

Oh wait. There was 9/11. More victims than Chernobyl, even taking the most pessimistic estimates.



> no civilian has died from nuclear power accidents in the last 30 years.

This is false, even the industry recognizes victims from radiations and from evacuation, source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disa...

> There was 9/11

This was intentional. Such an intentional action against a plant or a waste depot would be very, very serious. That's the reason why they are seriously guarded.




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