Reply #3: NEI: proliferation is "the most serious economic, social and human issue around nuclear energy" [View All]

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Even paid nuclear industry spokesman Patrick Moore called nuclear weapons proliferation "the most serious economic, social and human issue around nuclear energy."

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2006/2006-04-24-10.asp

U.S. Nuclear Industry Fires Up Public Relations Campaign

By J.R. Pegg

WASHINGTON, DC, April 24, 2006 (ENS) - The nuclear industry launched a new campaign on Monday to generate support for increased nuclear power, spearheaded by Greenpeace cofounder Patrick Moore and former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Todd Whitman.

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Critics contend it is not just fear that has halted the expansion of nuclear energy - it is concerns about cost, safety, waste disposal and nuclear weapons proliferation that have caused investors and the public to balk at new nuclear plants.

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Moore called nuclear weapons proliferation "the most serious economic, social and human issue around nuclear energy."

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