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MIT 22.04 Social Problems of Nuclear Energy, Fall 2025
Instructor: R. Scott Kemp

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The lecture estimates of cancer deaths from major nuclear reactor accidents, including Fukushima and Chernobyl, and also estimates the expected number fatalities from a typical accident. The result is compared to other energy sources to compute a final deaths/TWh result.

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