
Fred Harteis News Articles - Nuclear Leaks and Response Tested Obama in Senate
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maba
on Sun 03 Feb 2008 10:00 AM EST
Fred Harteis News Articles - When residents in Illinois voiced outrage two years ago upon learning that the Exelon Corporation had not disclosed radioactive leaks at one of its nuclear plants, the state’s freshman senator, Barack Obama, took up their cause.
Mr. Obama scolded Exelon and federal regulators for inaction and introduced a bill to require all plant owners to notify state and local authorities immediately of even small leaks. He has boasted of it on the campaign trail, telling a crowd in Iowa in December that it was ... more »