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BirAdamyesterday at 3:26 PM2 repliesview on HN

Everyone focuses on the safety of power production, and I totally get that and think it's important, but the mining and enrichment of uranium should also be considered. Nuclear "disasters" aren't just 3 Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima. There are plenty of other disasters that aren't power plants.

Growing up in the USA, my home town was contaminated with uranium, thorium, and radium due to a nearby uranium processing plant that later became a superfund site. It was in the soil, the water, and sometimes even the air. I knew far too many people who've died of cancers, and I, like many from that area, have thyroid issues from exposure.


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Moldoteckyesterday at 7:05 PM

considering nuclear needs least mining, i doubt effects are too big per kwh vs alternatives.

trgnyesterday at 3:34 PM

where was this?

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