I think I've stated a number of times that I know there are few accidents. Although, with the society we live in nowadays there may be more minor ones that we don't hear about.
You would have to read all of my posts to understand where I ‘come from’.
Coal Fire Plants? I live about 10 miles downwind thankfully from one. Far enough away where the soot isn't dumped on my home like the people who live within a couple of miles put up with. BTW if one of those blow? You can look for major death and carnage for at least a mile radius likely closer to two.
That leaves us gas fired plants? Very expensive. Nuclear in the long run is the cheapest and as long as operators follow the rules {many were taught in Navy reactor schools} you'll have safe operations. The true nuclear events in this area aren't at the reactor they're at the weapons processing plants usually flash fires. TVA has the reactors equiped to trip for almost any reason and every reason they trip off requires investigation before restart minimal time before restart usually three days.