Re: Coal v. Nuclear

[Rick Dixon <rickdixon@pdcnet.com>]

Glenn Carson responds:

 >
 >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.

It seems to me that there is a significant difference between "more
of that scary radiation stuff into the environment in one day than nuclear 
plants will in a year" and dosage because you live within 50 miles of a 
plant.  A fossil plant with a 1000-ft stack doesn't usually affect the area 
around the plant too much.  I was talking about the total amount into the 
environment.  And, the key issue is that whether it is 0.009 or 0.003 added 
mrems, it probably doesn't affect most of us!
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