sv1sjp@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agoYoung climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stancewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square1128linkfedilinkarrow-up12.42Karrow-down1151
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minus-squareCADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 years agoAnd just as a bonus, coal power plants emit more radiation than nuclear plants.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 years agoUnder normal operation that is.
minus-squaredyc3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 years agoHow so? I’ve never heard that before.
minus-squarezovits@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 years agoCarbon isotopes and other trace elements in coal that get airborne with the smoke.
minus-squarekilla44@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 years agoThe important part is the scale. When you look at exactly how much coal is burned, even a tiny fraction of a percent being radioactive is actually a lot.
And just as a bonus, coal power plants emit more radiation than nuclear plants.
Under normal operation that is.
How so? I’ve never heard that before.
Carbon isotopes and other trace elements in coal that get airborne with the smoke.
The important part is the scale. When you look at exactly how much coal is burned, even a tiny fraction of a percent being radioactive is actually a lot.