Radioactivity from coal combustion.

[IGBT]

Per NCRP: population effective dose equivalent from coal electrical gen.plants is 100 times that from nuclear plants. Coal fired power plants are major sorce of radio active materials released to the enviroment. Coal combustion is hazardous to public health and adds significantly to the backround radiation burdon. If radiation emissions from coal plants were regulated, their capital operating costs would increase significantly. Making coal fired plants economically un-competitive.
Yet enviromentalsts fail to discuss this in their rejection of nuclear power generation.

 

[flamingelephant]

???????
Where is that from?

 

[NuclearNed]

You would be surprised to find out some of the things in your home that are radioactive. Plant fertilizer, dishes, etc.

 

[Moonbeam]

WE'RE DOOMED!!!

 

[goshdarnindie]

Yea, don't eat on the red Fiesta Wear, its radioactive. I've heard this somewhere before, but if you've got a link, we'd be much obliged.

 

[Kosugi]

Try Grand Central Station.


Granite, for some odd reason that escapes me, contributes greatly to background radiation.


Environmentalists don't argue that Nuclear plants add radiation to their environment, they argue that the toxicity of radioactive waste and potential damage it can cause outweighs the source.

For the record, I don't agree. Until Fusion becomes viable, Fission is the next best thing. Even over wind power.

 

[NuclearNed]

A lot of antique dishes use spent nuclear material in their paint and ceramic material. I've heard (from a reliable source) that fiestaware falls in this category.

 

[goshdarnindie]

Yep, fiestawear (only the burnt orange mind you) is radioactive. We tested it in school when I was a kid, and the geigercounter freaked out.

I'm split on nuclear reactors. The way I see it, we should use the ones we've got (instead of mothballing them), and by the time they are all decommissioned, we'll have fusion.

Now that I think about it, fusion should become a national priority, just like putting a man on the moon, or developing the space shuttle.