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NH #627: More Nuclear Reactors for Illinois? + Whistleblower: IAEA Pre-Approval of Fukushima Radioactive Water Release – the Fix is In

Nuclear Hotseat

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The Future of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

The nuclear industry wants to make small modular reactors available at any Walmart or Family Dollar Store where you can just go get them thrown on the truck and move them around. The U.S. has signed contracts with Poland, in fact, I shouldn't say the U.S., it's really the companies like Holtec International, which signed a 20 SM&R reactor contract with the Wall Country's Ukraine. "It's absurd to think that we will be able to safely proliferate small modulars without also proliferating the likelihood of nuclear catastrophe," he says.

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