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'Atomic Bamboozle' documents 'false promises' of new nuclear tech

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(Oregon News Service)A film premiering this week tackles the potential harms of the nuclear industry. 

Portland State University professor emeritus Jan Haaken directed the documentary "Atomic Bamboozle: The False Promise of a Nuclear Renaissance." 

The film draws on historical lessons from the campaign to shut down the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant in Rainier, Oregon. The plant closed in 1992.