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Terrorism Suspect Worked at U.S. Nuclear Plants
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyA New Jersey man arrested in a roundup of al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen this month worked at nuclear plants in the United States, officials said. Authorities are investigating whether Sharif Mobley, 26, might have had access to sensitive information that would have been useful to terrorists, The Associated Press reported. Between 2002 and 2008, when he moved to Yemen, Mobley performed routine maintenance at plants in Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. NRC officials said a laborer of Mobley's status typically would not have access to ...
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By not in system - AOL News(Jan. 29) – As part of his push for clean-energy jobs, President Obama in his State of the Union speech specifically called for "building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country." The line got standing applause from both sides of the aisle. And for good reason. Today, fossil fuels meet 85 percent of the energy needs of the United States. If we are to control the threat of climate change, we (and the rest of the world) will have to restructure our energy system to reduce dependence on energy sources that, like conventionally burned fossil fuels, release ...
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