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Nuclear Energy Today
Nuclear power is already one of the cleanest and safest sources of energy
Nuclear power is already one of the safest energy sources, with 1100 times less deaths per terawatt-hour energy than brown coal.
Nuclear power is also one of the cleanest energy sources, emitting 160 time less CO2 than coal over the life-cycle
[1] Death rates per unit of electricity production. (2024). Our World in Data. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/death-rates-from-energy-production-per-twh
[2] Ritchie, H., & Roser, M. (2020, February 10). What are the safest and cleanest sources of energy? Our World in Data. https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy
[3] IPCC Working Group III – Mitigation of Climate Change, Annex III: Technology - specific cost and performance parameters - Table A.III.2 (Emissions of selected electricity supply technologies (gCO 2eq/kWh))"(PDF). IPCC. 2014. p. 1335. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 March 2024.
