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On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 16:33:54 +0000 (UTC), Georg Bauhaus
<sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> wrote:

>Robert I. Eachus <rieachus@comcast.net> wrote:
>: the net risk 
>: from nuclear power plants is negative--they save more lives than they 
>: consume.
>
>Does this net risk take into account the fact that no major nuclear
>disasters have happened during the last 25 years in the USA?
>If it does, how would you compare an exploding nuclear power
>plant to an exploding coal burner, in terms of risk?

It is a wrong question. The correct one is: what is the expected
damage per megawatt (mean + dispersion). If you compare the answers
for all sorts of plants, you will probably see that Robert is right.

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