Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!clyde!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!abc@brl-bmd From: abc@brl-bmd@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: Nuclear Fusion Message-ID: <12424@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Oct-83 15:54:37 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12424 Posted: Tue Oct 4 15:54:37 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 18-Oct-83 03:46:57 EDT Lines: 14 From: Brint Cooper (CTAB) Sorry to disagree, but I quote from his message, "It is sad but true, however, that an average coal plant releases much more radioactivity into the environment than an average nuclear plant of the same capacity. The NRC is nnot allowed to regulate radioactive output from coal plants, otherwise ALL coal plants might have to shut down." So I ask again, what is the source of this assertion; who measured the radioactivity, and where is the data reported? Thanks, Brint