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		DuskStar on July 16, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closin... Right - diffuse radioactivity is harder to contain or clean up.

ceejayoz on July 16, 2020 [–]

Less necessary to do so, though.

DuskStar on July 16, 2020 | [–]

Well, no - not if the linear no threshold theory of radiation dosages is correct. If it is, then that diffuse radiation leads to cancer just as surely as acute radiation exposure.

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