On the recordMarch 11, 2009
Nuclear power is not a clean source of energy, because it has a toxic, lethal, radioactive byproduct, which is nuclear waste, that this nation has not figured out what it's going to do with.
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Berkley warns against nuclear power due to unresolved nuclear waste issues.
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