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If you look at the pollution produced by the various kinds of energy plants, nuclear looks kinda miraculous. Coal plants spew quite a bit of radiation into the
by stcredzero 9y ago
If you look at the pollution produced by the various kinds of energy plants, nuclear looks kinda miraculous.
Coal plants spew quite a bit of radiation into the environment:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coal-ash-is-more-...
We have been spending millions looking into new technology to keep various pollutants from escaping the powerplant sites. In the case of nuclear, the pollutants stay onsite by default. So yes, nuclear could be argued to be extremely clean relative to other forms of electrical energy generation.