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Is nuclear power actually safer than you think?

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


Currently unavailable

Is nuclear power actually safer than you think?

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Jun 28, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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
Released:
Jun 28, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4