![More or Less: Behind the Stats artwork](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts113/v4/26/cf/32/26cf3245-4f2f-bfde-8117-2e08b9e98ab0/mza_3048031617250188411.jpg/100x100bb.jpg)
Is nuclear power actually safer than you think?
More or Less: Behind the Stats
English - June 28, 2019 16:00 - 9 minutes - 8.97 MB - ★★★★★ - 740 ratingsNews Education Science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Questioning the Chernobyl disaster death count
Next Episode: Two World Cups: Football and Cricket
We questioned the death count of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in last week’s More or Less podcast. In the end, Professor Jim Smith of Portsmouth University came up with an estimate of 15,000 deaths.
But we wondered how deadly nuclear power is overall when compared to other energy sources? Dr Hannah Ritchie of the University of Oxford joins Charlotte McDonald to explore.
Image:Chernobyl nuclear plant, October 1st 1986
Credit: Getty Images