Joshua Holland of AlterNet has posted an article titled Bush’s Nuclear Madness in which he postulates that the coming nuclear renaissance is just a creation of the evil Bush administration.
As a long time independent nuclear advocate, I took issue with the assertion and posted a long comment on the article. You can find it buried in the 80+ comments (as of early on 3 May) or on the Atomic Insights Blog at Atomic Insights – Bush’s Nuclear Madness
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In case you are interested, here is the link to the talk that I gave at the Googleplex on April 16, 2007 – Fission is the New Fire.
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