Fukushima vs Rancho Seco

So, we've been eating and drinking this stuff for decades thanks to nuclear power plants. We've been exposed to more radionuclides from our own nasty power plants than from Fukushima.
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Courtesy of the Health Physics Society at the University of Michigan:

http://www.umich.edu/~radinfo/introduction/radrus.htm

The amount of radiation exposure attributable to nuclear power ( nuclear fuel cycle in table ) is 0.03% of what a person normally receives.

The major source of radiation exposure BY FAR is Mother Nature.

So, we've been eating and drinking this stuff for decades thanks to nuclear power plants. We've been exposed to more radionuclides from our own nasty power plants than from Fukushima.

Thanks NRC!
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Courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory:

http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-34/text/colmain.html

For comparison, according to NCRP Reports No. 92 and No. 95, population exposure from operation of 1000-MWe nuclear and coal-fired power plants amounts to 490 person-rem/year for coal plants and 4.8 person-rem/year for nuclear plants. Thus, the population effective dose equivalent from coal plants is 100 times that from nuclear plants.