Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site mcvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!harpo!decvax!mcvax!piet From: piet@mcvax.UUCP (Piet Beertema) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: nuclear power: safer and cheaper Message-ID: <5795@mcvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Apr-84 07:12:05 EDT Article-I.D.: mcvax.5795 Posted: Fri Apr 27 07:12:05 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Apr-84 07:31:57 EDT References: <466@hound.UUCP> Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 12 >The energy concentration of uranium is 3.5 million times that of >coal. This fundamental physical fact is why nuclear power is >cheaper and safer than power from coal. What's the relation between energy concentration and safety??? >If you wonder why some people are such anti-nukes even after knowing >these facts...... We anti-nukes also know a bit more about nuclear waste than the mere fact that the amount is less, you know.... -- Piet Beertema, CWI, Amsterdam ...{decvax,philabs}!mcvax!piet