Germany's cabinet on Wednesday approved putting on-reserve lignite-fired power plants back online from October until the end of March 2024, the economy ministry said, as a step to replace scarce natural gas this winter and avoid shortages.
In fact, the fly ash emitted from burning coal for electricity by a power plant, carries into the
surrounding environment, 100 times more radiation than a nuclear power plant producing the
same amount of energy.
Here is a source from the IAEA.
https://inis.iaea.org/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/43/035/43035329.pdf