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At USF Helen Caldicott rails against the dangers of nuclear energy listen

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Tags: Dr. Helen Caldicott, nuclear energy, Progress Energy, General Electric, Union of Concerned Scientists, Chernobyl

Customers of Progress Energy Florida are paying higher electricity rates to fund future construction of a nuclear plant in Levy County. But a report released Thursday by the Union of Concerned Scientists finds that energy efficiency and renewable energy would be cheaper and safer than building the new nuclear plant. Thursday night at USF anti-nuclear advocate Helen Caldicott ...

Greenpeace USA executive director warns of nuclear power dangers and Congressman Dan Webster faces hostile crowd at townhall meeting

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Tags: nuclear power, Greenpeace USA, Phil Radford, Chernobyl, Daniel Webster, Yucca Mountain, Crystal River, Turkey Point

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up we'll hear from the director of Greenpeace USA on the future of nuclear power. And later we'll hear some sound from a tense town hall meeting held by Congressman Daniel Webster. But first a listener comment about yesterday's interview with Sixties activist Bill Zimmerman.

Yesterday Ukraine marked the 25th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident at its Chernobyl power plant.

On April 26 1986, the No. 4 reactor a...