sv1sjp@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoYoung climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stancewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square1135fedilinkarrow-up12.37Karrow-down1145
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minus-squareCADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 year agoAnd just as a bonus, coal power plants emit more radiation than nuclear plants.
minus-squaredyc3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHow so? I’ve never heard that before.
minus-squarezovits@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoCarbon isotopes and other trace elements in coal that get airborne with the smoke.
minus-squarekilla44@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year 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.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoUnder normal operation that is.
And just as a bonus, coal power plants emit more radiation than nuclear plants.
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.
Under normal operation that is.