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How safe is nuclear power? A statistical study suggests less than expected

Thomas Rose, Trevor SweetingBulletin of the Atomic ScientistsPublished Mar 2, 2016doi 10.1080/00963402.2016.1145910 Original︎ ↗Archived copy

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After the Fukushima disaster, the authors analyzed all past core-melt accidents and estimated a failure rate of 1 per 3704 reactor years.

Core-damage accidents in commercial nuclear reactors have occurred historically at a rate on the order of one per few thousand reactor-yearsVerified

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Kind: journal article
Authors: Thomas Rose, Trevor Sweeting
Publisher: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Published: Mar 2, 2016
DOI: 10.1080/00963402.2016.1145910
Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00963402.2016.1145910
Archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20250328024510/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00963402.2016.1145910
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