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Re:Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nuclear Power by pippy on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @03:31PM (#13989771)
Nuclear is actually one of the safest energy sources. http://i.imgur.com/EkYYLRh.png

Plus carbon pollutants are known to be carcinogenic.

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Re:Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nuclear Power by mikeash on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @08:57PM (#13992030)
Put another way: coal kills about as many people each year as nuclear has in its entire history if you include the bombs dropped on Japan.
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Re:Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nuclear Power by throwanem on Thursday March 30, 2017 @08:01AM (#13994607)
That is brilliantly put and I'm totally using it next time I have the energy conversation, and if it works as well as I suspect then just about every time after that too!
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