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WHILE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE, LEAD BY SENATORS, FEINGOLD,BOXER,FEINSTINE AND DURBIN CONTINUE TO PREVENT ANY LEGISLATION THAT WOULD NOT ONLY ALLOW DRILLING FOR OIL IN ALASKAS ANWAR OR OFFSHORE, BUT ALSO THWART ANY ATTEMPT TO BUILD CLEAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. THE RUSSIANS, FAMOUS FOR THE DISASTER AT CHERNOBEL, ARE BEGINING TO BUILD A NEW TYPE SHIP AT THEIR SEVMOC MILITARY SHIPYARD ON THE SHORE OF THE ARTIC SEA. THIS IS NOT ANOTHER SHIP BUILT FOR MILITARY USE. IT IS A SHIP BUILT TO CARRY TWO NUCLEAR REATORS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 70 MEGAWATTS OF ELECTRICITY.THESE SHIPS WHEN COMPLETED WILL PUT TO SEA OFF THE COAST OF RUSSIA TO GENERATE NUCLEAR POWER FOR ENERGY THAT WILL, ACCORDING TO RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES, BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO MANY RUSSIAN COASTAL CITIES.
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THE TROUBLING PART OF THE NEWS ,WHICH I READ ABOUT IN A GERMAN NEWSPAPER, NOT A PAPER IN THE U.S. IS THAT THE NUCLEAR FUEL BEING PLACED IN THE KLT-40 REACTORS IS COMPOSED OF 40% URANIUM 235. THIS URANIUM IS KNOWN TO BE EASILY FISSIONABLE, AND THE KLT-40 REACTORS ARE BUILT WITH AN ACCIDENT PRONE DESIGN. FURTHERMORE, URANIUM 235 IS EASILY USED TO PRODUCE DOZENS OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS!
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THE RUSSIAN NUCLEAR COMPANY BUILDING THESE NUCLEAR SHIPS, ROSATOM, SAYS THE PLANS IS TO BUILD 40 OF THESE SHIPS IN THE NEXT 25 YEARS. THE IDEA BEING TO HAVE RUSSIA BECOME OIL ENERGY INDEPENDENT SO THEY CAN SHIP MORE CRUDE OIL AND NATURAL GAS TO COUNTIES WILLING TO PAY THEIR PRICE.
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CHINA, INDIA, INDONESIA AND SOME PERSIAN GULF STATES HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN HAVING ROSATOM BUILD THIS TYPE SHIP FOR THEM. WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN ALL THE OCEANS ARE POPULATED WITH SHIPS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSION ? WILL THE COUNTRIES ALLEGEDLY INTERESTED IN HAVING THIS TYPE SHIP BUILT USE THE RUSE OF BUILDING SHIPS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POWER FOR THEIR CITIZENS, INSTEAD USE THE U-235 TO BUILD NUCLEAR WARHEADS? WHY DOESN'T THE NEW YORK TIMES COVER THIS STORY?