Coal v. Nuclear (was Re: from lochbaum, differences in biological effects of)

[GlennACarlson@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/15/2000 9:43:48 AM Central Daylight Time, 
rickdixon@pdcnet.com writes:

> There is very little 
>  doubt that any of the coal-fired plants with existing technology put more 
>  of that scary radiation stuff into the environment in one day than nuclear 
>  plants will in a year!

According to the American Nuclear Society 
(http://www.ans.org/pi/raddosechart/pdfs/raddosechart.pdf) your annual dose 
from a nuclear power plant is THREE TIMES your annual dose from a coal-fired 
electrical utility plant.

Glenn A. Carlson, P.E.
glennacarlson@aol.com
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