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Re:Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens by thrown_22 on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @11:37AM (#32153104)
Chernobyl killed fewer people during the worst meltdown possible than the average coal plant kills during its lifetime of normal operation.
Re:Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens by Kukumber on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @11:48AM (#32153328)
This, people forget what they breath when they depend on coal to produce energy.. wish is sad

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/reliance-...

Re:Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens by polotics on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @11:43AM (#32153207)
also talking about radioactive waste, guess what comes out of burning coal? more dangerous radioactive material than you'd expect. https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why-is-coal-ash-more-radio...
Re:Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens by 0xbadcafebee on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @11:44AM (#32153243)
I never said nuclear power plants were bad. But Chernobyl depopulated a 1,000 square mile region that will remain uninhabitable for hundreds to thousands of years. Do that a couple more times over a century in a densely populated area like Europe and see how easy it is to travel without a car made of lead, much less find a place to live.
Re:Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens by antonymy on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @04:25PM (#32157485)
It's not uninhabitable, it's simply uninhabited. It's perfectly safe to visit Chernobyl, or even live there, and has been for years. It's been open for tourism since 2011. Dilapidated buildings pose a bigger risk to Chernobyl tourists than radiation. Animals certainly don't seem worse off and they returned to the city long before people did.
Re:Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens by redeeman on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @02:46PM (#32156168)
Yeah, so dangerous that the wildlife has found itself a great new sanctuary, and the babushkas that refused to evacuate and lives in the "zone" at 90 years old all died decades ago.. oh...