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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 ...

Interview with nuclear critic Helen Caldicott, MD

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Tags: Dr. Helen Caldicott, nuclear energy, nuclear disasters, Fukushima, Three Mile Island, radiation, depleted uranium, cooling ponds, USF

Our guest today is Helen Caldicott, MD. She has devoted the last 38 years to an international campaign to educate the public about the medical hazards of the nuclear age …Born in Melbourne, Australia In 1971, Dr Caldicott played a major role in Australia’s opposition to French atmospheric nuclear testing in the Pacific; in 1975 she worked with the Australian trade unions to educate their members about the medical dangers of the nuclear fuel cycle, with particular reference to uranium mining....