Since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, the popularity of nuclear energy has declined due to concerns about issues such as waste storage, reactor accidents, overall costs, and health risks. Renewable energy has gained ground since 1972, when it already made up 20% of the global energy mix – mainly due to hydroelectric power and dams like the Hoover Dam, which produced 1,345 megawatts in 1961 and now generates 4.5 billion kilowatt-hours annually. Since 2000, wind energy has surged, growing from 3,8

Nuclear is one of the safest energy sources according to Our World in Data. During the more than 20,000 reactor years of global operation there have only been three major accidents: Three Mile Island, Chernobyl & Fukushima. The UN estimates that by 2005 only around 50 people had died from radiation as a result of the Chernobyl accident. Since these accidents nuclear technology has come a long way. No reactor build in the last 40 years has melted down. Yet, nuclear power remains illegal in Austra