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Nuclear is also the safest form of energy generation, with tens of thousands of years of fission fuel that can be (somewhat) easily mined. 0 people have died from Nuclear power in my lifetime, even Fukushima.

LOL, I went to high school with a kid whose dad worked at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. This is not accurate. We had a discussion about nuclear power in our physics class, one day, and he gave us all an earful.

Now, you're probably using an extremely narrow definition of "died from nuclear power", but I think a reasonable interpretation of that phrase would apply to the deaths tallied in the Wikipedia entry:

"Following the reactor explosion, which killed two engineers and severely burned two more, an emergency operation to put out the fires and stabilize the surviving reactor began, during which 237 workers were hospitalized, of whom 134 exhibited symptoms of acute radiation syndrome (ARS). Among those hospitalized, 28 died within the following three months. In the following 10 years, 14 more workers (9 of whom had been hospitalized with ARS) died of various causes mostly unrelated to radiation exposure."
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At Fukushima, they used elderly volunteers to do some of the most dangerous cleanup tasks, since they were old enough they might die of other causes than the long-term consequences of the radiation exposure.

Meanwhile, a dozen or so people die every year installing Solar panels on roofs in the United States from falls (my own electrician cousin fell off a roof and had to have his back fused).

Well, you're conveniently overlooking the entire nuclear supply chain. If you included that, you'd have to acknowledge the many industrial accidents that occur all the way from mining to waste disposal. That was part of the NRC kid's rant.

Anyway, like I said, I'm not anti-nuclear. I just don't like it when people spin stuff out of proportion, either positively or negatively.

Any form of energy involves all sorts of industrial risks and injuries. Particulate pollution form coal, in particular, is responsible for many cases of asthma, cardiovascular disease, and other problems - some of which can lead to premature death. In the case of natural gas, I'd guess there are probably hundreds of buildings that explode each year, due to leaks. On balance, nuclear is at least worth keeping in the mix, for the time being.