[pjerem]

> Planning and constructing a new nuclear reactor takes at least 15 years and it's the most expensive and also dangerous form of energy source.

This is false. Even accounting the few catastrophic failures (including Chernobyl and Fukushima), deaths by nuclear industry can be counted in dozens.

Here is what says Wikipedia about the Fukushima aftermath :

> There were no deaths from radiation exposure in the immediate aftermath of the incident, though there were a number of (non-radiation related) deaths during the evacuation of the nearby population. As of September 2018, one cancer fatality was the subject of a financial settlement, to the family of a former station workman.

There were a few more deaths in Chernobyl but it’s mainly due to the bad management of the cleaning process.

[Pokepokalypse]

Well, yeah, but entire towns had to be evacuated and interdicted.

How do you figure THAT external cost?

[belorn]

If we include those, the most costly and deadly energy is hydro. Last year a much bigger evacuation than Fukushima occurred in the US because of a dam failure.

It is kind of interesting that almost no one have heard of it, and that it did not make major international news.