True, somebody else's life is worth less to you than your own or that of someone you love...

But it's really more than just statistics. There are enormous amounts of money wasted on nuclear power plant safety, which could be better used in countless other ways. (not all of it is wasted, of course - there needs to be a certain level of safety). But it's a little like spending a million dollars on every car to make it absolutely safe. And besides, if nuclear power were less restricted and more prevalent, thousands of lives would be directly saved by the reduction in pollutants from shutting down the fossil fuel plants, not to mention the ones that might be saved by preventing further global warming (yes, this factor is in dispute, but the respiratory disease deaths from pollution are not).

And, as an aside, if the life of your nephew is worth more than $2 billion to you, is the life of a kid in Bangladesh or somewhere worth $50 to you? Or the lives of 20 million such kids worth the $2 billion price tag? (I realize you may give generously to charities, but I hope you get my point).