I'm concerned when I see statistics for nuclear power accidents restricted to those who were directly killed in the incident. It's probably true that only about 30 plant staff and firemen were killed by Chernoblyl in the week or so after the 1986 explosion but there were thousands of civilians (not to mention the clean-up workers) who died later in the surrounding area during the next decade. Let's not join the nuclear industry in minimizing the risks of what happens when there is a catastrophic accident at a nuclear power plant.

Charley Noble