@sv1sjp@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agoYoung climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stancewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square1190fedilinkarrow-up12.35Karrow-down1143
arrow-up12.2Karrow-down1external-linkYoung climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stancewww.theguardian.com@sv1sjp@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square1190fedilink
minus-square@CADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish23•10 months agoAnd just as a bonus, coal power plants emit more radiation than nuclear plants.
minus-square@zovits@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•10 months agoCarbon isotopes and other trace elements in coal that get airborne with the smoke.
minus-square@killa44@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•10 months 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-square@Ilovethebomb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months 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.