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Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: Nuclear Fusion
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Date: Mon, 3-Oct-83 12:53:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  3 12:53:00 1983
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Bravo.  On an added point, it is worth noting that many coal deposits
contain not inconsiderable quantities of uranium - enough that Esso (now
Exxon) carried out a project a few years ago to investigate the cost
effectiveness of extracting the uranium from the coal.  Hence it has
been estimated by Amory Lovins and company that (in normal operation)
coal plants emit MORE radio-isotopes than nuclear plants.  Nuclear power
is indeed untenable, but coal is no alternative.

- Troy