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chimney
A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon or hydrocarbon based fuels); a flue.
– https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chimney

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The original cartoon can be found on Durdecifer’s blog. I tried to initiate a conversation by leaving a comment but the comment never made it !

For further information:

1&4- Chimney vs. Cooling towers

chimney

A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon or hydrocarbon based fuels); a flue.

– https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chimney

cooling tower

A large device, in the form of a tower-shaped building, in which warm water is cooled by evaporation caused by circulating currents of air

– https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cooling_tower

2- Ionizing radiation hazard sign

If a radiation hazard sign is needed near a power plant then we would be needing signs all around the planet (See 3-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazard_symbol

3- Lethal dose

Based on the cartoon, death is associated to the doses coming from a nuclear power plant. However the annual dose near a nuclear power plant is lower than a chest x-ray. Fun game, find ‘Living near a nuclear power station’ below:

Source: https://www.epa.gov/radiation/radiation-sources-and-doses (from:  National Council on Radiation Protection & Measurements (NCRP), Report , No. 160)

In fact it is so insignificant that it isn’t even considered to be a source of radiation exposure for the average dose:

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