Nuclear Power Prevents More Deaths Than It Causes

MTorrice writes "NASA researchers have compared nuclear power to fossil fuel energy sources in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution-related deaths. Using nuclear power in place of coal and gas power has prevented some 1.8 million deaths globally over the past four decades and could save millions of more lives in coming decades, concludes their study. The pair also found that nuclear energy prevents emissions of huge quantities of greenhouse gases. These estimates help make the case that policymakers should continue to rely on and expand nuclear power in place of fossil fuels to mitigate climate change, the authors say."

Re:Long term?

[CarlosHawes]

The North Koreans are accepting spent fuels rods for safe and efficient displosal, no cash down and no questions asked!!!

Re:So?

[NoNonAlphaCharsHere]

You misspelled "Godzilla".

Re:So?

[Chris Mattern]

It isn't the deaths we are most worried about.

We're worried about the *important* stuff!

Re:Long term?

[AK Marc]

And there was a publicity photo against mining, showing a pristine rural lake, asking "would you want to ruin this landscape with a mine", only to have someone point out that it was a reclaimed mine. The irony was great, and the photo copyrighted, and the anti-mining group aggressive, so I haven't seen it since. It was used to object to the gold mine development near Iliamna. I don't remember all the specifics, but it was a reclaimed mine in Canada.