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I think if you add up all the coal power stations and add up all the nuclear power stations, nuclear power stations emit millions of times more radiation than coal fired power stations.. just look at fukashima

Not to mention the waste fuel containing stuff that never existed before being produced in a nuclear power station




> I think if you add up all the coal power stations and add up all the nuclear power stations, nuclear power stations emit millions of times more radiation than coal fired power stations.. just look at fukashima

No. Coal spews out constant radioactivity. Nuclear emits nothing during normal operation. Even counting Nuclear disasters, emitted radiation and deaths per kW/h are lower for Nuclear. It is the safest per kW/h, period.

> Not to mention the waste fuel containing stuff that never existed before being produced in a nuclear power station

Which is much easier to contain then fly ash.




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