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Re:Germany Is Burning Too Much Coal by FooHentai on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @03:36PM (#15698862)
I thought one of the major pro-nuclear power points was that old reactor designs were flawed and new designs address the issues. Isn't that point consistent with shutting down existing reactors?
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Re:Germany Is Burning Too Much Coal by diamondlovesyou on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @04:44PM (#15699467)
No. Considering Chernobyl on its own, treating all radiation exposure cases which are above the statically insignificant cancer rate threshold as deaths, and coal is still more dangerous per kWh. [Source](http://www.the9billion.com/2011/03/24/death-rate-from-nuclea...).

After the accident, Chernobyl continued to provide power to Ukraine, up until it's last reactor was shutdown in 2000.

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