Need to do Expected value calculations on Nuke plants

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

If the wind in japan starts blowing south , 20 million people in Tokyo could be in serious danger. A plane crashes and 400 die. 400 hundred is not good by any means but compared to the possible 20 million plus , the nuke single incident has to be considered "big".

A nuclear incident is absolutely considered big, but like I said, it's still statistically safer than all other options that generate a similar amount of power.