Word: nuclearization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Vice President sharply attacked Dukakis for advocating a nuclear freeze in 1982. "Because we didn't listen," he said, the U.S. has achieved the first agreement reducing nuclear arms, which a freeze would have precluded. Dukakis responded that back in 1982, Bush waffled somewhat on the freeze and insisted it should not be a partisan issue. Bush also attacked Dukakis for wanting "unilaterally" to do away with such weapons as the MX and Midgetman missiles. "When we are negotiating with the Soviet Union, I'm not going to give away a couple of aces" beforehand, he asserted. Dukakis retorted that...
Academic Dean Albert Carnesale, who has advised Dukakis on nuclear power issues, including the controversial evacuation plans involving the Seabrook, N.H. nuclear power plant, is also mentioned as a possible appointee, as is Lecturer in Public Policy Robert Reich, an economist with strong ties to the Democratic party...
...referendum question on this year's ballot would, if approved, close nuclear power plants in the common-wealth because of the hazardous wastes they produce. Supporters say Question Four would make the state use other, less harmful sources of energy...
...nuclear," Palmer declared. He said his group contained a broad spectrum of people opposed to the measure, including environmentalists who fear for the ozone layer if other methods of obtaining energy are used...
...Massachussetts Public Interest Research Group (MassPIRG), which supports the measure, disagrees. A spokesman said that "cheaper, safer, more reliable" energy is available and affirms that the state's nuclear plants produce too little energy to be "worth the risk" caused by their waste. The group says nuclear plants provide only 4 percent of the region's power...