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A comment on Chernobyl’s Hot Mess, “the Elephant’s Foot,” Is Still Lethal (2013). Parent comment

Re:Chernobyl’s Hot Mess, “the Elephant’s Foot,” Is Still Let... by vidarh on Friday November 28, 2014 @02:27AM (#8670005)
The radioactivity released by coal plants still dwarf the sum output of all recorded nuclear incidents many times over.
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Re:Chernobyl’s Hot Mess, “the Elephant’s Foot,” Is Still Let... by happyscrappy on Friday November 28, 2014 @07:10AM (#8670649)
This makes Germany's switching from nuclear to coal quite ironic.
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Re:Chernobyl’s Hot Mess, “the Elephant’s Foot,” Is Still Let... by vidarh on Friday November 28, 2014 @07:50AM (#8670758)
Well, I think it's stupid of them, though they're of course "not" switching to coal. They're switching off their nuclear, and just haven't been able to replace the coal yet.

But it's not a given that their rollout of alternatives will be better/safer than nuclear either.

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