A friend needs to return my book to look up specific statistics but studies published by the coal industry themselves puts the radioactivity of simply burning coal from a single refinery over 2 years releases more radiation into the atmosphere than the worst possible meltdown. A meltdown is localized so the immediate damage is greater and more obvious but on a global and accumulative level oil and coal are more radioactive.
Coal plants produce more radiation than a nuclear plant, so that tracks. You will receive more radiation from a partner in the same bed as you than you will by sleeping outside the gates of a nuclear power plant.
Pretty sure nearby coal plants have kicked up enough radioactive material when burning coal to set off nuclear plant detectors before.
A friend needs to return my book to look up specific statistics but studies published by the coal industry themselves puts the radioactivity of simply burning coal from a single refinery over 2 years releases more radiation into the atmosphere than the worst possible meltdown. A meltdown is localized so the immediate damage is greater and more obvious but on a global and accumulative level oil and coal are more radioactive.
Coal plants produce more radiation than a nuclear plant, so that tracks. You will receive more radiation from a partner in the same bed as you than you will by sleeping outside the gates of a nuclear power plant.