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Sellafield scandal shows nuclear is not safe or green (socialistworker.co.uk)

submitted 2 days ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/environment@beehaw.org

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[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Okay. Is it worse than coal?

[–] solo@fedia.io 5 points 2 days ago

I believe there is no reason to compare. Different kind of 'teribility', let's say.

It leaches enough radioactive water into the ground to fill an Olympic sized swimming pool every three years. There is no way to stop the leak until the silo can be emptied, which takes decades.

Sellafield was formerly known as Windscale. In 1957 it was the site of Britain’s worst nuclear disaster.

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