Safety after the event

摘要

It is more the perception of a hazard than the actual risk that scares people. The reporting of nuclear risk is generally very poor, failing to compare, for example, the level of radiation from the accident with typical natural levels or converting it into a risk level. The Engineer recently repeated its article after Fukushima, pointing out that whereas the tragic tsunami killed around 18,000 people, the nuclear release killed no one. The worst-affected victims, the emergency crew that dealt with the fire, increased their risk of dying from their work by about the same amount as the increased risk of being a 'white van man' for 40 years. Not trivial and not to be ignored, but out of balance with the thousands who die every year in coal mines that are an alternative source of energy to nuclear power.