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Nuclear Energy Is Not the Energy of the Future
According to Australian-born physician and antinuclear activist Helen Caldicott, the nuclear industry is waging a misleading propaganda campaign to portray nuclear power as a panacea for environmental and energy crises. In the following viewpoint, Caldicott contends that nuclear energy is actually not emission-free, not safe, and not fossil-fuel-free. She also maintains that nuclear power plants are vulnerable to terrorist attack, with potentially catastrophic consequences over and above the risks of radioactive waste. Helen Caldicott is founder and president of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute, which opposes the use of nuclear energy and cofounder of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
There is a huge propaganda push by the nuclear industry to justify nuclear power as a panacea for the reduction of global-warming gases....
But I would suggest that all the relevant facts be taught to students. Mandatory courses in medical......

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