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Bernie Sanders: “The U.S. Government has picked as one of its winners a very, very risky industry called nuclear power”

On the recordMarch 12, 2012
The U.S. Government has picked as one of its winners a very, very risky industry called nuclear power
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Senator Sanders critiques government support for the nuclear power industry.

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