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516. Nuclear Power Isn’t Perfect. Is It Good Enough?

Freakonomics Radio

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How Dangerous Is Nuclear Power?

Matthew nidell is an economist at columbia university who works on public health and policy. There are about 400 and forty nuclear power reactors operating in 33 countries. The most common source, meanwhile, is coal, which kills at least a million people every year world wide.

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