And for nuclear all large problems are excluded from the statistics. The Chernobyl disaster probably killed about million people according to reputable western european studies. But the official Soviet statistic is one person dead, and that is what is used in most official statistics for nuclear.
And Chernobyl is one of the more transparent cases. There were studies done on the damage because the disaster was caused by the weak Soviet empire which everyone on the west wanted to bring down. Other disasters, like three mile island and fukushima have certainly killed hundreds of thousands but everyone is very careful not to do a study on that.
So what I am saying is these statistics are not to be trusted. They are mostly an indication of the political power the owners of certain power plants have.
Where are these alleged 'reputable western european studies'? The worst estimate I could find was 93,000-200,000 by Greenpeace, not exactly a neutral party.
The worst-case 'reputable' estimate is 27,000 by the Union of Concerned Scientists. A million is way, way out there.
And Chernobyl is one of the more transparent cases. There were studies done on the damage because the disaster was caused by the weak Soviet empire which everyone on the west wanted to bring down. Other disasters, like three mile island and fukushima have certainly killed hundreds of thousands but everyone is very careful not to do a study on that.
So what I am saying is these statistics are not to be trusted. They are mostly an indication of the political power the owners of certain power plants have.