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Re:Prevented mortality from historical and projected nuclear... by badloginagain on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @02:23PM (#20043613)
Shit if you want to talk about radioactive damage, coal mines emit huge amounts of radiation that aren't "counted" because the radiation is "naturally occuring".
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Re:Prevented mortality from historical and projected nuclear... by saalweachter on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @04:50PM (#20045315)
My personal favorite analogue are coal seam fires, which can render areas inhospitable and burn for hundreds or thousands of years.
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