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Political Factoid
"Coal Ash Is More Radioactive
than Nuclear Waste"*
Trace amounts of uranium and thorium
in natural coal become concentrated
when the carbon, hydrogen, sulfur,
oxygen, and nitrogen are burned away.
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Comparing the fly ash from the coal
power plant versus the emissions
released by a nuclear power plant
generating the same amount of
electrical energy.
(It does not include the spent
fuel rods from the nuclear
power plant.)
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