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> Especially including the radiation in the emissions from coal burning power plants, which kills more people every year than any nuclear power plant accident.
by legulere 4y ago
> Especially including the radiation in the emissions from coal burning power plants, which kills more people every year than any nuclear power plant accident.
I once did the maths, Chernobyl was on the order of 100 times Chinas current yearly nuclear emissions caused by coal burning.
Particulate matter and nitrogen oxides are the real issue (and sulphur dioxide where it’s not filtered out yet).
- Schroedingersat 4y agoThere's one particular mine/set of generators in china that basically just burns low-grade uranium ore (the ash is more concentrated than Namibian and Nigerian mines). If you exclude that one 100x is about right. For the rest, yeah. Also La Hague emits about 1/20th of a chernobyl per year. CO2/NOx/SOx/particulates from coal are still worse.