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Death rates from energy production per TWh
(ourworldindata.org)
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this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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The "accidents" (or rather intentional genocide) involving native americans, uzbeks, siberians, nigerians, and lower caste indians in the upstream of the fuel cycle dwarf chernobyl by at least an order of magnitude. Still not rivalling the coal or oil industry, but not far off.