The majority of U.S. dry cask storage canisters are thin-walled (1/2") stainless steel (304/304L, 316/3l6L SS) and subject to stress corrosion cracking. Once cracks start, they continue to grow unabated. The NRC states the Koeberg nuclear plant had a similar component crack and leak in 17 years. Cracks were up to 0.61" deep. A 2-year old Diablo Canyon canister has all the conditions for chloride-induced stress corrosion cracking (temperature low enough to deliquesce the found magnesium chloride salts). However, no technology is available that can inspect for cracks in these thin canisters. Holtec canister CEO, Kris Singh, states even if you could find and repair them it would only introduce another area for cracking; even a microscopic through-wall crack will release millions of curies of radiation. Other countries use thick metal casks ~10" to 20" thick that do not have these issues. Source government and scientific documents and videos at SanOnofreSafety.org.

There are no deadly processes or waste from solar or wind power operation.

death/TWh: Solar 0.44 , Wind 0.15, Nuclear 0.04
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waste from solar/wind:
1. hydrochloric acid
2. trichlorosilane gas
3. silicon tetrafluoride
4. sulfur difluoride
5. tetrafluorosilane
6. sulfur dioxide
7. sulfur hexafluoride
8. sodium hydroxide
9. potassium hydroxide
10. hydrochloric acid
11. sulfuric acid
12. nitric acid
13. hydrogen fluoride
14. phosphine
15. arsine gas
16. phosphorous oxychloride
17. phosphorous trichloride
18. boron bromide
19. boron trichloride
20. lead
21. trichloroethane
22. ammonium fluoride
23. phosphorous
24. phosphorous oxychloride
25. diborane
26. ethyl acetate
27. ethyl vinyl acetate
28. ion amine catalyst
29. silicon trioxide
30. stannic chloride
31. tantalum pentoxide

And... Willie... How many of those chemicals are used in the manufacture of a nuclear power plant too?
How about JUST the stainless steel? Do you have any idea of any of the chemicals used in the production of the stainless steel mentioned in the story above?
Of course a death at a pipe manufacturer wouldn't be reported as a nuclear reactor related, death would it? Only if that pipe was used in a solar panel would it be reported as a death related to the manufacture of the end product.
Oh you're all about looking at every aspect of the manufacture of solar panels, but oh... that nuke plant was just always there. No one had to build it. No one has to research it. No one had to make any materials used to build it. All those are just free-bees.
You know what? How many people have been killed by an array of solar panels once they are fully installed in the operation of the solar panel?

Nuclear power needs fewer area and materials per megawatt produced than renewable.

How about JUST the stainless steel?

A megawatt windmill contains around 150 tonnes of stainless steel that require almost 100 tonnes of coking coal. Components for renewable are not manufactured in wind/solar-powered factories.

How many people have been killed by an array of solar panels once they are fully installed in the operation of the solar panel?

Natural degradation of solar panels slowly releases chemical carcinogenics (hexavalent chromium, selenium, gallium arsenide, brominated diphenylethers, polybrominated biphenyls) in vast areas imperceptibly polluting the environment, probably it will kill millions in a near future.

"Solar cells contain heavy metals, and their manufacturing releases greenhouse gases such as sulfur hexafluoride, which has 23,000 times as much global warming potential as CO2, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change."
"What's more, fossil fuels are burned in the extraction of the raw materials needed to make solar cells and wind turbines — and for their fabrication, assembly, and maintenance. The same is true for the redundant backup power plants they require. And even more fossil fuel is burned when all this equipment is decommissioned." - 20 May 2016
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Nuclear power is the most ecologically friendly source of carbon-free energy to fight climate change.