Yeah, I know. Another editorial supporting nuclear power and having no effect.
Well, at least this one points out an article that describes the radioactive output of coal burning. I'll just cherry-pick this bit since the quantities are astounding.
Well, at least this one points out an article that describes the radioactive output of coal burning. I'll just cherry-pick this bit since the quantities are astounding.
Thus, by combining U.S. coal combustion from 1937 (440 million tons) through 1987 (661 million tons) with an estimated total in the year 2040 (2516 million tons), the total expected U.S. radioactivity release to the environment by 2040 can be determined. That total comes from the expected combustion of 111,716 million tons of coal with the release of 477,027,320 millicuries in the United States. Global releases of radioactivity from the predicted combustion of 637,409 million tons of coal would be 2,721,736,430 millicuries.Yow.
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The coal-radiation connection is a good point. I've worked in the nuclear field for over 20 years, and have written an insider novel of this controversial subject, with a lot of similar offbeat information. It's available at no cost to readers at http://RadDecision.blogspot.com .
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