sv1sjp@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前Young climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stancewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square664fedilinkarrow-up12.19Karrow-down1132
arrow-up12.06Karrow-down1external-linkYoung climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stancewww.theguardian.comsv1sjp@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前message-square664fedilink
minus-squareCADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 年前And just as a bonus, coal power plants emit more radiation than nuclear plants.
minus-squarezovits@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 年前Carbon isotopes and other trace elements in coal that get airborne with the smoke.
minus-squarekilla44@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 年前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.
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.