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Egg-timer session: Environment and health Location: Auditorium H Session Chair: Felipe Vásquez-Lavín, Universidad del Desarrollo | |
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Unintended effects of Germany's Nuclear Phase Out: A rise in mortality due to non-communicable respiratory diseases University of Helsinki, Finland The discussion on nuclear power balances its risks against carbon emissions resulting from nuclear phase-out. This paper studies an important unintended consequence of abandoning nuclear power: the adverse health effects of increased air pollutants. I use the synthetic control method to study the causal effect of the German nuclear phase-out on mortality. I find that the nuclear plant closures resulted in 16 life years lost each year per 100,000 inhabitants or roughly 180 premature deaths per year from non-communicable respiratory diseases. This effect accounts for an 8\% increase in mortality due to respiratory diseases and corresponds to around one billion euros per year in lost lives. | |