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From: joel@peora.UUCP (Joel Upchurch)
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Subject: Re: Nuclear power vs Coal vs Alternatives
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Date: Thu, 10-Jul-86 15:50:40 EDT
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>If you want to show that nuclear power is too dangerous, then simply
>show a power source that can produce the same amount of power with a
>lower cost in human life.  Remember that coal emmissions kill an
>estimated 10-50 thousand people a year and that radon gas (which
>collects in tightly insulated homes) is suspected to cause up to 10
>thousand cancers a year.
>
>--
>Michael V. Stein
>Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation - Technical Services

	I read a book that did an analysis like this a few years
	ago, "The Health Hazards of Not Going Nuclear". I don't
	recall the author's name.
-- 
     Joel Upchurch @ CONCURRENT Computer Corporation (A Perkin-Elmer Company)
     Southern Development Center
     2486 Sand Lake Road/ Orlando, Florida 32809/ (305)850-1031
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