33 years ago the worst nuclear accident in human history took place in the #Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Do you think using #nuclear #energy is a good thing? If you want to talk about this story, here’s some useful #vocabulary. #nuclearenergy #learnenglish #elt | BBC Learning English

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