Pierre Bourdon Retweeted Antoine Pietri
> We estimate that the increase in mortality from higher electricity prices outnumbers the mortality from the accident itself, suggesting the decision to cease nuclear production has contributed to more deaths than the accident itself. Not completely unexpected, unfortunately.https://twitter.com/seirl_/status/1188841177358962694 …
Pierre Bourdon added,
Antoine Pietri @seirl_
This study of the Fukushima disaster is a great example of why fear of nuclear accidents have much more dire consequences than accidents themselves.
"Be Cautious with the Precautionary Principle: Evidence from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident"
https://nber.org/papers/w26395
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