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Also remember that:

A) Coal is radioactive. This means that coal dust, coal ash and coal smoke are radioactive. They are not *very* radioactive, not on Chernobyl levels, but they are slightly more radioactive than processed nuclear waste because the latter is subject to intense radiation-protection and the former is not.

B) Coal mining kills a lot of people. That's not even counting deaths due to climate change. Coal is found in soft rock that frequently collapses, and is often mined in unsafe ways such as "retreat" mining. Uranium is found in far harder rocks which experience fewer collapses. Yes, Chernobyl killed a lot of people, but many more have died since then from coal mine collapses.