Is nuclear power actually safer than you think?
We compare how deadly different forms of power generation are.
More or Less · BBC Radio 4
June 28, 20199m 48s
Show Notes
We questioned the death count of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in last week’s More or Less podcast. In the end, Professor Jim Smith of Portsmouth University came up with an estimate of 15,000 deaths.
But we wondered how deadly nuclear power is overall when compared to other energy sources? Dr Hannah Ritchie of the University of Oxford joins Charlotte McDonald to explore.
Image:Chernobyl nuclear plant, October 1st 1986 Credit: Getty Images