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varjag
on April 3, 2011
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Nuclear Power is Safest Way to Make Electricity
6% of nuclear power plants had radiation-releasing incidents INES 4 or bigger. Chernobyl and Fukushima alone comprise about 2% of NPPs worldwide.
There must be some creative statistics at works behind those safety figures.
burgerbrain
on April 3, 2011
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Such dastardly statistical trickery!
varjag
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There is a big difference if you count Chernobyl deaths as 28 or as 4500.
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There must be some creative statistics at works behind those safety figures.