And the looming block obsolescence of its existing nuclear energy infrastructure -- which currently supplies 8% of total U.S. daily consumption -- means that, unless steps are promptly taken to prepare, certify and bring on-line safe, modern replacement reactors, America will become still more vulnerable to threats, or actual interruptions of, its overseas oil supplies.

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Last week we announced where 70 million pounds of lottery money would be invested to provide modern additional and replacement equipment for screening and treating cancer.

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President Obama had also promised to build a modern Chemical and Metallurgy Research Replacement facility for handling plutonium which was included in the Treaty Resolution of Ratification and presented in his message to the Senate upon entry of the treaty into force.

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Modern surgical techniques may allow a replacement bladder to be fashioned in some patients, giving back a degree of urinary control, and doctors are constantly improving these.

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The money will pay for helicopters, cargo aircraft, four new warships and a replacement for the Crusader cannon, which is considered too heavy for modern warfare.

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