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		StreamBright on March 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: EU experts to say nuclear power qualifies for gree... Your face when people figure out that burning coal produces 100x amount nuclear waste than an average nuclear power plant. Your face #2 when people realise that this nuclear waste goes to the environment unfiltered. https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/do-coal-fired-power-sta... https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coal-ash-is-more-... https://www.epa.gov/radtown/radioactive-wastes-coal-fired-po... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.ih.gov/20005612/

random_kris on March 28, 2021 [–]

When our energy consumption increases by 10000 times where will.we store the waste? I am not against the nuclear, I am for it but I like to ask hard questions

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