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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “If there's a nuclear accident in your neighborhood, that…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 55:38

So, you know, they had to go to Congress in the middle of the night in a sleazy legislative maneuver and get Congress to pass the Price Anderson act that says If there's a nuclear accident in your neighborhood, that they don't have to pay for it. If your house gets contaminated, you pay for that. So they're insulated from the cause of their mistakes. And to me, that's not free market capitalism. And then, you know, if they. (55:38–55:44)

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Asserts that under the Price Anderson Act, nuclear companies are not liable for accidents.

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