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So we have some evidence for deaths from coal-fired electrical generation and its fuel; zero evidence for deaths from nuclear-power generation and its fuel.

It's a start.

BTW, several people have pointed ouut to me that emissions from a coal-fired power plant are more radioactive than emissions from a nuclear power plant generating the same amount of electricity.

Radioactive elements such as uranium and thorium exist as very small trace elements in coal, that occur naturally. But when the coal is burned, most pesky impurities like carbon are eliminated, effectively concentrating the remaining substances in the fly ash that results... and which come out the smokestacks into the air.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste

How many people have come down with various forms of cancer from the emissions of coal-fired power plants? And how many from the emissions of nuclear power plants?

<blockquote data-quote="Little-Acorn" data-source="post: 155413" data-attributes="member: 2131">So we have some evidence for deaths from coal-fired electrical generation and its fuel; zero evidence for deaths from nuclear-power generation and its fuel.It&#039;s a start. BTW, several people have pointed ouut to me that emissions from a coal-fired power plant are more radioactive than emissions from a nuclear power plant generating the same amount of electricity.Radioactive elements such as uranium and thorium exist as very small trace elements in coal, that occur naturally. But when the coal is burned, most pesky impurities like carbon are eliminated, effectively concentrating the remaining substances in the fly ash that results... and which come out the smokestacks into the air.<a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste" target="_blank">http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste</a>How many people have come down with various forms of cancer from the emissions of coal-fired power plants? And how many from the emissions of nuclear power plants?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Little-Acorn, post: 155413, member: 2131"] So we have some evidence for deaths from coal-fired electrical generation and its fuel; zero evidence for deaths from nuclear-power generation and its fuel. It's a start. BTW, several people have pointed ouut to me that emissions from a coal-fired power plant are [i][b]more radioactive[/b][/i][b][/b] than emissions from a nuclear power plant generating the same amount of electricity. Radioactive elements such as uranium and thorium exist as very small trace elements in coal, that occur naturally. But when the coal is burned, most pesky impurities like carbon are eliminated, effectively concentrating the remaining substances in the fly ash that results... and which come out the smokestacks into the air. [url]http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste[/url] How many people have come down with various forms of cancer from the emissions of coal-fired power plants? And how many from the emissions of nuclear power plants? [/QUOTE]

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