Let's say a metric ton of coal has around 1 kBq and around 10000 PBq were released at Chernobyl. That would mean around 10 quadrillion tons of coal would need

Let's say a metric ton of coal has around 1 kBq and around 10000 PBq were released at Chernobyl. That would mean around 10 quadrillion tons of coal would need to get burned to emit the same amount of radiation. China is currently burning 4 trillion tons of coal per year, which is a 2500th part of it. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20005612/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20005612/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Release_and_spread_of_radioactive_materials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Release_and...