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[–] Thrashy@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

There have been studies (this one, for example) that suggest the total radioactivity-related health impacts from coal power exceed that of nuclear power by an order of magnitude. That's not all pollution-related deaths for coal -- just those associated with radon exposure inside of mines, and radioactive materials embedded in coal going out into the environment. For all the fear-mongering about nuclear, it's hard to find a less dangerous source of base load generation using present-day technologies. Maybe once grid-scale batteries are available at scale, they could replace nuke plants, but that's a solution ten years too late for an environmental problem we have to fix right now.

[–] _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

radioactive materials embedded in coal going out into the environment

They should put it beyond the environment.

[–] r_thndr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

Tow it outside the environment