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		bsder on March 29, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nucl... > Even with newer designs, I think human error and regulatory capture is too dangerous to make COAL viable. Note the change from nuclear to coal. Just so you know, you get more radiation from coal burning plants than nuclear plants. Don't believe me: http://boingboing.net/2011/08/18/what-fukushima-can-teach-us... Original paper: http://www.pnas.org/content/108/35/14422.abstract tl;dr: Fukushima radioactivity measurements regularly get swamped by radioactive sulfur from coal burning plants in China.

Confusion on March 30, 2017 [–]

This. So much this. People don't know what the hell they're talking about when it comes to nuclear power, but it doesn't stop them from talking about it as if they were experts.

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