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Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal—and why it won’t go back (arstechnica.com)

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[-] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 45 points 6 months ago

Especially when coal rejects a lot more radioactive materials in the air than nuclear power

[-] Tarte@kbin.social 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

There are still large areas in southern Germany where you’re not allowed to eat wild mushrooms and every boar that is hunted must be tested for radiation. That is because of the fallout from Chernobyl 38 years ago and 1400 km away.

[-] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

For sure, but there are places in Germany and everywhere in Europe where you shouldn't be eating or drinking anything that comes out of the ground because of coal emissions, and places you can't do anything in because of the gigantic coal mines. And that's still currently happening and will keep happening for the foreseeable future.

[-] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 7 points 6 months ago

Which is mostly due to fear(mongering) and not real residue.

And see another comment about coal emissions which are happening right now.

[-] Tarte@kbin.social 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Please do note the official warnings of the BFS (Federal Office for Radiation Protection). Contamination of forests with Caesium-137 is a health risk in many southern Bavarian forests. It's half-life period is 30 years. The disaster was in 1986. That means it's still roughly half of it there and the layered forest grounds preserve radiation well.

If you're a mushroom forager on vacation in southern Bavaria - just don't do it. Or at least inform yourself which types of mushrooms you shouldn't eat in particular for radiation reasons.

General information and warnings (2022):
https://www.bfs.de/DE/themen/ion/notfallschutz/notfall/tschornobyl/umweltfolgen.html#doc6055566bodyText3

Specifically regarding mushrooms (2019):
https://www.bfs.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/BfS/DE/broschueren/ion/info-wildpilze.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=7

[-] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago

OK, thanks. That ends the argument on South German forests, but doesn't end it on nuclear energy being more or less harmful than coal.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

All coal does is guarantee it and dilute it (guaranteed ejecting more).

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