This is OECD's analysis, Comparing Nuclear Accident Risks with Those from Other Energy Sources, is meant to help policymakers understand how accident risks are managed at nuclear plants and illustrate that with a comparison of risks from other energy sources. The intergovernmental body presented data compiled by the Paul Scherrer Institute on every accident causing five or more prompt deaths in the energy industry between 1969 and 2000.
Previously this site has looked at deaths per terawatt hour for all energy sources. Those included latent deaths from air pollution.
Summary of severe accidents that occurred in fossil, hydro and nuclear energy chains in the period 1969-2000
OECD Non-OECD
Energy chain Accidents Deaths Deaths/ Accidents Deaths Deaths/
GWey GWey
Coal 75 2259 0.157 1044 18,017 0.597
Coal
(China 1994-1999) 819 11,334 6.169
Coal
(without China) 102 4831 0.597
Oil 165 3713 0.132 232 16,505 0.897
Natural Gas 90 1043 0.085 45 1000 0.111
LPG 59 1905 1.957 46 2016 14.896
Hydro 1 14 0.003 10 29,924 10.285
Nuclear 0 0 - 1 31* 0.048
Total 390 8934 1480 72,324
* These are immediate fatalities only
GWey: Gigawatt-year of electric power
Source: Data provided to the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency by the Paul Scherrer Institute
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