Barbara Boxer actually said...

If you are exposed to nuclear materials, it is very serious; and people don't care if the plant was operational and there was an accident or the plant was decommissioned and there is an accident. They get just as sick.

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Boxer emphasizes the serious risks of nuclear exposure regardless of plant status.

10/06/2015

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