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Coal plants produce a lot of airborne radioactive compounds too -- vastly more than nuclear plants* and I don't know if scrubbers fix that problem. If they did,

Coal plants produce a lot of airborne radioactive compounds too -- vastly more than nuclear plants* and I don't know if scrubbers fix that problem. If they did, there would still be the problem of disposing of mixed waste from the scrubbers themselves. *Citation not handy but easily googleable.

v_lisivka 8y ago
Ok, I googled it: https://nuclear-news.net/2015/11/27/coal-ash-is-not-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste/ https://nuclear-news.net/2015/11/27/coal-ash-is-not-more-rad...
amenod 8y ago
Just to say it explicitly - the problem with nuclear plants is not radioactivity while they operate normally. It is the catastrophic consequences then something goes (really) wrong that are the real issue with them.
- dreamcompiler 8y ago
  Yes. Plus eventual waste disposal.
  - amenod 8y ago
    Yes.
  - EliRivers 8y ago
    If they were allowed to do it the same way coal is, it'd be no problem. Just chop it into fine particles and scatter into the atmosphere :)