| Energy source |
Immediate
fatalities 1970-92 |
Who dies? | Normalised
to deaths per
TWy* electricity
|
| Coal | 6400 | workers | 342 |
| Natural gas | 1200 | workers & public | 85 |
| Hydro | 4000 | public | 883 |
| Nuclear | 31 | workers | 8 |
For more info see detailed paper
* Basis: per million MWe operating for one year, not including plant construction, based on historic data which is unlikely to represent current safety levels in any of the industries concerned (as safety has increased in the recent years in all areas).
Source: Ball, Roberts & Simpson, Research Report #20, Centre for Environmental & Risk Management, University of East Anglia, 1994; Hirschberg et al, Paul Scherrer Institut, 1996; in: IAEA, Sustainable Development and Nuclear Power , 1997; Severe Accidents in the Energy Sector , Paul Scherrer Institut, 2001).
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Presentation by BENE 2007 - adapted by EFN - Environmentalists For Nuclear - www.ecolo.org