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New Talk: Is Nuclear Power Essential to Climate Change and Energy Independence? Website

New Talk: Is Nuclear Power Essential to Climate Change and Energy Independence? Website

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New Talk: Is Nuclear Power Essential to Climate Change and Energy Independence?

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New Talk provides an online forum where a panel of non partisan experts in their field discuss relevant domestic issues of today. This discussion focuses on nuclear power, climate change, and energy independence. Readers can comment, but must register and sign in. (July 2008)

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climate change, emissions, energy, nuclear power, nuclear energy

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electrical power, energy independence, foreign oil, nuclear, renewables

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