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Nuclear Power Causes Cancer: What Industry Doesn't Want You To Know

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Childhood Cancer, Nuclear Power Plants, Radiation, Radiation Cancer, Cancer Risks, X-Ray, Politics News
Samuel S. Epstein

Federal health officials, who should be responsible for tracking cancer near nuclear reactors and analyzing their nuclear contaminants, have so far ignored the dangers.

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Ten Things to Consider Before we Start Building Nuclear Plants in Illinois Again

Jimmy Seidita | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Nuclear Waste, Wind Energy, Nuclear Decommissioning, James Throgmorton, Nuclear, Nuclear Moratorium, Energy Efficiency, Clinton, Yucca Mountain, Nuclear Power Plants, Illinois Commerce Commission, Renewanle Energy, Nuclear Power, Illinois, Byron, Lasalle, Zion, Braidwood, Green Energy, Green News
Jimmy Seidita

The 1987 moratorium on new nuclear plants in Illinois signaled that going nuclear was a huge mistake. It's made a mess of our electric system, our regulatory system, and worst of all, the state's economy.

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Nuclear Power May Return To Illinois

Chicago Public Radio | Shawn Allee | Posted 12.26.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Energy, Chicago Matters, Nuclear Power Illinois, Energy Crisis, Nuclear Power Plants, Alternative Energy, Illinois Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Power Debate, Renewable Energy, Nuclear Energy, Chicago News

Illinois was once the cradle of the commercial nuclear power industry. In fact, utilities built so many reactors the Prairie State is still number one...

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The Misconception of Nuclear Power

Alec Baldwin | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Energy Crisis, Clean Energy, Nuclear Power Plants, Energy Policy, Nuclear Power, Politics News
Alec Baldwin

The claim that nuclear power is clean is a lie, not only due to the carbon-heavy mining and refinement processes, but also the avoidance of what to do with the ever-increasing stockpile of its deadly radioactive waste.

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McCain: Build 45 Nuclear Reactors

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain 2008, Election 2008, Energy, John McCain Energy Plan, Nuclear Energy, McCain and Nuclear Energy, Energy Crisis, Energy Independence, Global Warming, Nuclear Power, Mccain Nuclear Power, Nuclear Power Plants, Politics News

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Sen. John McCain called Wednesday for the construction of 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030 and pledged $2 billion a year in fe...

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