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WNC residents attend hearing, offer comment on new S.C. nuclear plant

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Carolin Public Presss reports:



GAFFNEY, S.C. A thirst for jobs clashed with the fear of nuclear power in the first of two hearings Thursday on the Lee nuclear plant Duke Energy hopes to build 50 miles southwest of Charlotte.



Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff, who convened the meeting, heard familiar broadsides against nuclear energy – its tiny but potentially catastrophic risk of radiation-spewing accidents, heavy use of water and lack of permanent storage for nuclear wastes. ...

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