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But that's not such a challenge. Nuclear power plants don't release atmospheric pollution. As for the radiological material they release, that is generally Trit
by credit_guy 4y ago
But that's not such a challenge. Nuclear power plants don't release atmospheric pollution. As for the radiological material they release, that is generally Tritium; that's in minute quantities, and they have experience dealing with the NRC in this regard.
- Godel_unicode 4y agoI read that as saying this is why coal plants are so popular, we’ve been grading on a curve.
- ars 4y agoHe's saying that a coal plant is permitted to (and actually does) release more radiation than a nuclear plant is. Either tighten the standards for coal, or loosen them for nuclear, but the current situation is not logical.
- arcticbull 4y agoNuclear power plants don't emit radiation, so it's really not an issue that those standards are tighter as far as I know. We just need to end coal plants, immediately. Coal plants kill 25 people per TWH generated and spread nuclear radiation all over the nearby area. Nuclear plants kill 0.03 people per TWh (between wind and solar), including Chernobyl (killed 4000) and Fukushima (killed 1). [1] [1] https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy
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