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http://nextbigfuture.com/2008/03/deaths-per-twh-for-all-ener...

  Energy Source              Death Rate (deaths per TWh)

  Coal – world average               161 (26% of world energy, 50% of electricity)
  Coal – China                       278
  Coal – USA                         15
  Oil                                36  (36% of world energy)
  Natural Gas                         4  (21% of world energy)
  Biofuel/Biomass                    12
  Peat                               12
  Solar (rooftop)                     0.44 (less than 0.1% of world energy)
  Wind                                0.15 (less than 1% of world energy)
  Hydro                               0.10 (europe death rate, 2.2% of world energy)
  Hydro - world including Banqiao)    1.4 (about 2500 TWh/yr and 171,000 Banqiao dead)
  Nuclear                             0.04 (5.9% of world energy)


You are mismatched statistic with risk analysis. I asking for summary of risks multiplied by their effects.

PS. If something will blow up our Earth, it will be even safer than nuclear energy! (If we calculate number of deaths per TWh).




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