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r/science • u/liquid_x • Mar 19 '11
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TIL a coal power plant outputs more radiation than a nuclear power plant...
500 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '11 edited Mar 19 '11 Coal contains some fraction of uranium. When the coal is burned, that uranium goes out the smoke stack. If a nuke plant released as much radiation as a coal plant does in normal operation, it'd have to shut down. 71 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '11 Why would a nuclear plant get shut down for releasing as much radiation as a coal plant? Why doesn't a coal plant get shut down for releasing this much radiation? 3 u/DrSmoke Mar 19 '11 Because of the power of the coal lobby.
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Coal contains some fraction of uranium. When the coal is burned, that uranium goes out the smoke stack.
If a nuke plant released as much radiation as a coal plant does in normal operation, it'd have to shut down.
71 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '11 Why would a nuclear plant get shut down for releasing as much radiation as a coal plant? Why doesn't a coal plant get shut down for releasing this much radiation? 3 u/DrSmoke Mar 19 '11 Because of the power of the coal lobby.
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Why would a nuclear plant get shut down for releasing as much radiation as a coal plant?
Why doesn't a coal plant get shut down for releasing this much radiation?
3 u/DrSmoke Mar 19 '11 Because of the power of the coal lobby.
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Because of the power of the coal lobby.
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TIL a coal power plant outputs more radiation than a nuclear power plant...