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Patrick Moore: The case for more nuclear power in Texas | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Opinion: Viewpoints

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:27:38 -0000

A nuclear energy renaissance is in full swing in the Lone Star State. Luminant Generation recently filed a federal permit to build two new reactors at its Comanche Peak nuclear plant in Somervell County. That makes six new nuclear reactors pending statewide, which would more than double the state's production of electricity from virtually carbon-free nuclear power.

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Public Citizen | Press Room - Don’t Be Fooled by Nuclear Industry Shill; Environmentalists Are Not Backing New Reactors

Fri, 09 May 2008 08:59:17 -0000

AUSTIN, Texas – While an environmental consultant brought to Victoria to tout nuclear energy is quick to claim that a new reactor proposed for the area would be “clean and safe,” he is less likely to discuss today at a private gathering of business and community leaders his ties to the industry, which is sponsoring his speaking tour.

Since 2006, Patrick Moore has been a paid spokesperson for the nuclear industry. He is co-chair of the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition, which is wholly funded by the nuclear industry lobby group, the Nuclear Energy Institute.

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