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Fun fact! There was brief government interest in retrofitting old coal power plants into nuclear power plants for cleaner energy. However, it was found that coal plants have too much latent radiation to cleared for nuclear safety…
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Anonymous 1w

True story! Coal plants produce more radiation than nuclear, to the point none of them would pass nuclear safety standards. But yeah nuclear is big scary

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Anonymous replying to -> og_beer 1w

Yeah it’s really kind of crazy how backwards the regulations are… like nuclear NOOOO RADIATION!!! But coal plants that are more radioactive? Burn them fuels baBY!!!

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Nuclear: safely stores radiation waste underground Coal: safely stores radiation and physical pollutants in your lungs 🥰🥰🥰

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Anonymous replying to -> og_beer 1w

My thesis is actually somewhat related to this all. Coal beds, being a sedimentary formation, collects a lot of other elements into its minerals compared to its pure carbon content. Any sediments coming from upstream can become trapped. U/Th is relatively common in granite and erodes out and is constituted in minerals within coal, most commonly pyrite. When burned, these elements become ash and coat EVERYTHING around the plant. So the entire plant is covered in layers of burnt uranium/thorium

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