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What's "the area" for nuclear power though? The hypothetical radioactive cloud could travel a few hundred miles in the wind...
by benj111 4y ago
What's "the area" for nuclear power though?
The hypothetical radioactive cloud could travel a few hundred miles in the wind...
- kmeisthax 4y agoIf your only concern is radiation exposure, coal plants actually emit more radiation than nuclear. And that's deliberate, everyday emissions, not the accidental once-in-a-decade megaevents like Fukushima or Chernobyl.
- Schroedingersat 4y agoPlease do share the total cumulative activity of all bioacumulative elements present in all non-filtered fly ash ever released and compare it to the Cs137 that Sellafield poured into the ocean as part of normal operation in 1975 or the Kr 85 that La Hague releases on an average year.
- benj111 4y agoI was replying to >It can also be reduced or solved by telling people outside "the area" they don't get a say. The area that gets a say, should surely be the area impacted by it. Further. Whataboutism, comparing it to a rapidly obsoleting technology doesn't seem reasonable.