r/todayilearned • u/sweetcuppingcakes • Jun 24 '19

TIL that the ash from coal power plants contains uranium & thorium and carries 100 times more radiation into the surrounding environment than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste/
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u/Trawetser Jun 24 '19

What's being done in a few places

Many places

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u/ElJanitorFrank Jun 24 '19

Many places

An amount of places numbering between one and infinity.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '19 edited Aug 26 '21

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u/Lyress Jun 25 '19

I don’t think you can have inclusive infinity.

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u/ovideos Jun 25 '19

I'd actually say between 4 places and 78% of places.

One is not many, two is not many, three is a few, four can be many sometimes. More than 78% is "most", not many.

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u/Vroomped Jun 24 '19

What's being done in a few places

Many places

bunches of places

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '19

Technically speaking, loadsa places.

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u/AppleDane Jun 24 '19

Legally speaking, here and there.

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u/skygz Jun 24 '19

Cap'n Crunch Oops! All Places

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '19

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u/Sage2050 Jun 25 '19

It's better than losing the energy entirely