Bags of debris from Fukushima disaster swept away in typhoon

Re:Bags of debris from Fukushima disaster swept away in typhoon by pgt on Monday October 14, 2019 @07:10AM (#21246979)

Good to know: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coal-ash-is-more- radioactive-than-nuclear-waste/

To be clear, I was not defending coal. But I do have to ask over what time period radioactive coal wastes "kills a lot more people than nuclear," because being alive is fatal. I think the variance matters even if the mean is lower.

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Re:Bags of debris from Fukushima disaster swept away in typhoon by patio11 on Monday October 14, 2019 @07:15AM (#21247026)

Coal kills more people than nuclear over all time periods, including nuclear accidents. The numbers are not close. The death toll attributed to coal is down to a historical low of (low-end estimate!) 7,500 people per year in the US.

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Re:Bags of debris from Fukushima disaster swept away in typhoon by saagarjha on Monday October 14, 2019 @07:11AM (#21246991)

Radiation isn’t the only way coal kills people.

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