"Carl Waring" wrote in message
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"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Albert Ross wrote:
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:01:59 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:


natural radon is the greatest source of radioactive related deaths in
the country, by IIRC a factor of several thousand over the nuclear
industry.

Bizarrely enough, or so I believe, coal fired power stations actually
emit more "radiation" than nuclear due to the radioactive content of
the coal

This is apparently so.

Or not.

http://www.cejournal.net/?p=410


They do *emit* more radioactivity.
You have far more chance of getting irradiated from coal waste than nuclear
waste.
Coal waste is just dumped, radioactive waste is controlled.

BTW the radioactivity in coal waste is far less dangerous than the other
stuff emitted when you burn coal, that stuff kills a lot of people.