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[–] gramie 1 points 3 months ago

A couple of issues with that. For one thing, the uranium coming out of the CANDU reactors has been purified, unlike uranium ore which is mixed in with huge amounts of stone and other materials and it's natural state.

Also, as I understand it the reactors convert about 1% of the uranium into plutonium, which is much more toxic and emits more radiation.

So while there may not be as great a danger as some people fear, there is definitely more than an equivalent amount of natural uranium.