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by scott_karana 3496 days ago
While I sympathize with your sentiment, it's really disingenuous to play dumb.

Chernobyl and Fukushima would immediately come to mind.

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"Nuclear power isn't 100% harmless" is a bad argument here, given the number of people that due from coal mining and processing and coal-originated externalities on an annual basis.

The number of deaths (including future cancer cases) due to Fukushima is estimated to be in the hundreds on the high end. Chernobyl is expected to have killed around 4,000 after cancer takes its toll. That's a miniscule drop in the bucket compared to the number of deaths directly and indirectly attributable to coal power.

How many people did these two incidents kill?