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WTF No, this is how you kill a huge population with cancer at best and radiation sickness is still far more likely. What is wrong with you?
by nullsmack 5y ago
WTF
No, this is how you kill a huge population with cancer at best and radiation sickness is still far more likely.
What is wrong with you?
- belorn 5y agoWe should tell this to coal plants as that what they are doing right now. Coal waste product called coal ash release more radiation per energy produced than the waste product from nuclear reactors. People who live around coal plants have a higher risk of cancer. People die because of it. Some coal power plants filter and collect their waste product. They then have to manage the waste. It either end up in landfills for toxic waste, bury it in the ground, or they dump it in the ocean. Hundred of tons of coal ash is created every year in the US alone. Nuclear plants don't have the luxury to just dump it in the air, ocean, or bury it in the ground. The law require them to collect and store it, and so in contrast to fossil fuels it builds up and is visible. Nuclear plants create less total waste, and they don't contribute to climate change, and yet people are worried about nuclear waste while consuming enormous amount of fossil fuel energy. The nuclear industry need better PR, while governments need to stop playing favorites. Force fossil fueled power plants to have the same requirements that we put on nuclear plants, and make both pay for waste management.