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by AstralStorm 1399 days ago
That is ignoring the scale of an incident.

We had a major radiological incident in a Polish coal plant recently. That not counting a whole power plant block failing, contaminating water and emitting tons of fumes.

It still has not been fixed as the replacement block turned out to not meet new emission standards.

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Three mile island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima were all extremely severe events. Also, the timing of these events does seem to support the estimated probability of a severe nuclear event somewhere in the world every 30-50 years.