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by joecool1029 2607 days ago
> Nuclear reactors are dangerous.

Doesn't Korea have coal? Shows up as over a quarter of your generation. Have you been to a region that uses coal for energy generation and seen what it does to the land? Mining it causes heavy metal pollution of water that kills people, the fish pick up mercury and lead, and people consume the fish. Shouldn't you be more concerned about coal plants in China contaminating your waters?

EDIT: Korea study on mercury sources: https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S1309104215302713

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> Shouldn’t you be more concerned about coal plants in China contaminating your waters? Oh course we are concerned, and for what I know our government is keep contacting the Chinese government; however it is hard for Korea to make changes in China’s energy plans. Korea is both migrating from neuclear reactors, coal plants, etc... to LNG plants (which are much more clean and do not produce much dust) and renewable energy.