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I've got bad news for you about coal ash.
by wbl 9y ago
I've got bad news for you about coal ash.
- coldtea 9y agoIf anything, that would be an argument against using coat factories too -- not an argument in favor of nuclear factories. That said, the whole comparison that makes it as coal factories produce "more radioactive" waste, is based on comparing with "normal" nuclear factory emissions, under their 'theoretical' operation. Not the total long term potential, when one includes catastrophes, breakdowns, lousy waste containment and disposal, or the mafia just throwing it in the sea in the calculation.
- monocasa 9y agoI mean, the coal ash calculations are "normal" numbers as well.
- coldtea 9y agoYes, but there are not much "abnormal" situations that can happen with those plants...
- monocasa 9y agoYou mean other than the fairliy regular coal ash spills?
- freeone3000 9y agoThe normal operations kill more than the abnormal situations. That doesn't make it better.
- justinpombrio 9y ago> That said, the whole comparison that makes it as coal factories produce "more radioactive" waste The important thing to look at isn't what power source produces the "most radioactive" waste, it's the actual death tolls per KWh of different power sources. And coal is about 1000 times worse, both worldwide and in the US, _counting_ Chernobyl and Fukushima. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2012/06/10/energys-deathprint-a-price-always-paid/#1ed1bc13709b https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2012/06/10/energys-d...