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by fluffybucktsnek 29 days ago
Bear in mind that this article is talking, specifically, about daily radiation dosages, not nuclear accidents. Still, look no further than Fukushima meltdown and the potential loses already dropped significantly (only one casualty attributed to it, and for political reasons apparently). Some designs don't even have meltdown risks.

But I digress. I mentioned the loss of life due to occasional radiation-poisoning casualties for those working on/living near operating nuclear reactors. IIRC, the max amount of allowed radiation dosage is bellow the radiation dosage you get irradiated in a airplane flight, so that's why a mentioned it at the end.