Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants

Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by leonidasrup on Friday May 01, 2026 @02:02AM (#47971683)

Burning coal in coal power plants causes more deaths each year in Europe than the total deaths caused by Chernobyl accident (4000-8000).

"The health burden of European CPP emission-induced PM2.5, estimated with the Global Exposure Mortality Model, amounts to at least 16 800 (CI95 14 800–18 700) excess deaths per year over the European domain"

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349938542_Disease_b...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016726812...

But only nuclear accidents get the media attention, because they are big and infreqeunt. Similar to deaths caused by aircraft crashes vs deaths caused by car crashes.

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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by tcfhgj on Friday May 01, 2026 @06:23AM (#47973077)

I live in Germany and dead wild animals are still burned instead of eaten because of radioactive contamination

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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by Dunedan on Friday May 01, 2026 @07:31AM (#47973546)

While your statement is true, it leaves out relevant details:

There is a certain threshold for radiation exposure where if exceeded the animal isn't deemed safe for consumption anymore. The vast majority of these cases are from boars in certain areas of Germany nowadays and affect less than 1% of all killed boars [1] [2].

[1]: https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/fast-3000-verstrahlte-wildsch...

[2]: https://www.wildtierschutz-deutschland.de/_files/ugd/173a38_...

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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by Moldoteck on Saturday May 02, 2026 @10:22AM (#47986627)

ironically if you talk about boars, it's not because of chernobyl but nuclear weapons tests https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66665646

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