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Burning coal does not produce more radioactive waste. It is just that under normal operating conditions more is released into the atmosphere from burning coal.

However, if there is an accident, then you are talking orders of magnitude more radiation in a nuclear accident. http://www.cejournal.net/?p=410

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Ah, so it's one of those moments when there are contradicting studies and without getting a PhD on the subject one can't have a meaningful opinion. I just wish there was a good way of settling such situations.

Actually in this instance that is not the case. It is the case of misrepresenting the actual data and making a more sensational misleading headline.

See the editor's note in the original Scientific American article. It simply confirms the statements made by CEJournal.

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