Richard Tobin wrote:

Felicity S. wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Tim wrote:
Albert Ross wrote:
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

You can pile coal waste up in a heap and build a local park on it. You
can't do that with nuclear waste.

But legally ash isn't classed as radioactive waste (though it is) and
anything out of a nuclear power station is (though most of it is barely
radioactive at all) Only high level waste needs special treatment, and
thats reporocessed to make more fuel.

And as for Tim's ideas about the alleged safety of piling coal waste up
in a heap, tell that to the childless people of Aberfan.

Any industrial process can be dangerous if it's carried out incompetently.

This is true, but Tim didn't apply that distinction.


Fliss

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