• astraeus@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    I’m curious about the radiation risk from a coal power plant, are radioactive carbon isotopes generated in the coal firing process?

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      1 year ago

      Here’s an article - coal naturally contains trace amounts of radioactive elements and burning a bunch of it concentrates them.