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kristopher

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5. Kingston is a complete swine.

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Sun Jul 8, 2012, 09:14 PM

Jul 2012

The nuclear industry pulled a similar coup in 2005, and now they are immune from virtually any and all oversight by anyone (including courts, legislative committees and state law) and in essence are answerable only to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
And, of course, they own the NRC so it has become virtually impossible for anyone to shut down a nuclear plant that the owners want to keep in service.

Let's hope the Senate takes action.

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