horrific incidents and atomic calamities.
Luckily, following Chernobyl, humanity has become quite proficient in generating nuclear energy, including addressing the safety hazards that could lead to disasters. The risk of mismanagement persists, but harnessing nuclear power results in fewer fatalities overall (both directly and indirectly) than alternative energy production methods. The likelihood of severe accidents is considerably greater in hydroelectric facilities, and far more deaths are attributed indirectly to breathing in fossil fuel pollutants than to radioactivity from nuclear byproducts. Although nuclear waste does pose dangers, they are far less lethal than many might believe.