Nuclear energy clean, safe and reliable

I WISH to respond to Dr Philip Michael (Letters, June 11) and his statement that “nuclear energy is the most malignant form of electricity production”.

He might not know that there are 442 nuclear power reactors producing 16% of the world’s electricity and that there have only been about 50 deaths (Chernobyl) attributable to radiation.

About 5,000 coalminers die each year, as well as the untold injury and deaths due to emissions from coal-fired and other fossil-fuelled power stations.