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Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
STRUCK OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN TRIGGERING A TSUNAMI THAT'S REPORTED TO HAVE REACHED UP TO 45 FEET HIGH AND STRETCHED UP TO SIX MILES INLAND. THE...
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| 00:06:37 |
Sessions, Jefferson "Jeff" - U.S. Senator, [R] Alabama
WHERE HE'S A SENIOR MEMBER. GOOD MORNING, I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE TO DEAL THE AFTERMATH OF THE ...
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| 00:11:28 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
OURSELF. ON LESSONS FROM FUKEFUKE ONE YEAR -- FUKUSHIMA, ONE YEAR LATER N.R.C.'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENHANCING NUCLEAR REACTION SAFETY IN THE 21ST CENTURY....
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Carper, Thomas "Tom" R. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
WE CALL THEM OUR FRIENDS, THIS GUY'S MY FRIEND. I LIKE HIM A WHOLE LOT. I CONCUR WITH YOU ON YOUR VIEWS ON COMMISSIONER SVINICKI. SHE'S A VALUED...
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| 00:13:21 |
Barrasso, John A. - U.S. Senator, [R] Wyoming
YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF FUKUSHIMA THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW THAT NUCLEAR SAFETY HAS IMPROVED. THEY WANT US TO ENSURE THERE WILL NOT BE A REPEAT OF...
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| 00:16:24 |
Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
HERE. CLEARLY WE MUST FOCUS, CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE NEED FOR SAFETY REFORMS AFTER THE UNTHINKABLE DISASTER IN JAPAN HAPPENED, REMINDING US ONE OF...
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| 00:21:24 |
Jaczko, Gregory B. - Chair
CHAIRMAN CARPER, RANKING MEMBER BARRASSO, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU TO...
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Svinicki, Kristine - Commissioner
THE TOPIC OF THE N.R.C.'S IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENHANCING NUCLEAR SAFETY IN THE 21ST CREPETRY. IN HIS TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF THE...
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| 00:28:49 |
Apostolakis, George - Member
TIME I TESTIFIED ON THIS SUBJECT BEFORE YOU, I INTERKATED THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS A LESSON -- INDICATED THAT THE ZENT WAS A LESSON IN HUMILITY. I SAID...
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| 00:31:07 |
Magwood, William - Member
REGARDING THE FUKUSHIMA DISASTER. FIRST, LET ME SAY U.S. PLANTS ARE SAFE. WE ARE QUITE CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT. BUT AS WE REPORTED DURING OUR LAST APPEARANCE...
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| 00:33:40 |
Ostendorff, William - Member
THE TASK FORCE ALSO CONCLUDED THERE IS NO IMNENTRISK FOR CONTINUED OPERATION OF U.S. NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. I BELIEVE THOSE CONCLUSIONS REMAIN TRUE...
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| 00:35:04 |
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QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COMMISSIONER MAGWOOD YOU SAID OUR NUCLEAR PLANTS
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| 00:35:09 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
ARE SAFE. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT'S WHAT THE JAPANESE SAID BEFORE FUKUSHIMA. I THINK WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS. WHEN I THINK THE ANSWER IS, WE ...
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| 00:36:05 |
Jaczko, Gregory B. - Chair
STATION BLACKOUT RULE, THE FIRST PROPOSAL, WHAT WE CALL AN ADVANCED NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE MAKING, IS DUE THIS WEEK TO BE FINALIZED AND RELEASED TO...
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| 00:40:01 |
Apostolakis, George - Member
BE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES RELATED TO SEISMIC UPGRADES. AND RIGHT NOW THE FOCUS IS ON THE PLANTS EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS WHERE THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...
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| 00:41:47 |
Jaczko, Gregory B. - Chair
FOCUS IS REALLY PRIMARILY ON THE DIRECT AND SHORT-TERM AND LONGER TERM DIRECT HEALTH IMPACTS FROM RADIATION EXPOSURE WHEN WE ARE MAKING OUR SAFETY JUDGMENTS....
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| 00:43:09 |
Barrasso, John A. - U.S. Senator, [R] Wyoming
SAFE. THERE ARE STEPS TO MAKE THEM SAFER. WE ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH. I HAVE HEARD THAT ACROSS THE BOARD. VIEWS HAVE EVOLVED. THERE HAVE BEEN LESSONS...
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| 00:44:27 |
Magwood, William - Member
THE THOUGHT THAT U.C.S. IS PUTTING OUT WHICH IS WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION IS AN APPROPRIATE THOUGHT. THE COMMISSION FULLY AGREES WITH THAT. WE HAVE...
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| 00:45:24 |
Svinicki, Kristine - Commissioner
FORWARD. I WOULD SAY ON THE TIMELINES I THINK THE COMMISSION TO A PERSON HAS URGED THE N.R.C. STAFF TO COME UP WITH SCHEDULES THAT ARE IMPLEMENTABLE...
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| 00:46:12 |
Apostolakis, George - Member
HAPPEN HERE. I REPEAT IT WAS NOT UNTHINKABLE. THEY MADE TERRIBLE MISTAKES. >> YOU DID COMMENT ACTUALLY OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR I THINK YOUR PHRASE WAS...
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| 00:46:47 |
Ostendorff, William - Member
COMMENTS. I AGREE WITH THE CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONER APOSTOLAKIS' COMMENTS ON THE SEISMIC PIECE. I THINK WE ARE CONCERNED WITH THE OVERALL TIME PERIOD...
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| 00:48:53 |
Magwood, William - Member
REPRESENT NECESSARILY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE CASE OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY. IN THE CASE OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WE WOULD RESPOND APPROPRIATELY DEPENDING...
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| 00:50:19 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
CONCERNED SCIENTISTS REPORT. HIS NAME IS DAVE LAKHBAMI. HE'S ONE OF THE NATION'S TOP NUCLEAR POWER EXPERTS. AND HE HAS BEEN YOTED IN THE "WALL STREET...
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Carper, Thomas "Tom" R. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
YOU INDICATED, TWO OFY -- OF YOU TRAVELED TOGETHER TO JAPAN TO PERSONALLY VISIT THE AREA WHERE THE INCIDENT OR THE DISASTER OCCURRED. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY...
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| 00:52:17 |
Ostendorff, William - Member
AGENCIES. I KNOW THAT WHEN COMMISSIONER MAGWOOD AND I WERE IN JAPAN MIDDLE OF JANUARY, WE RECEIVED A LOT OF THANKS. I KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF US WERE...
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| 00:53:02 |
Magwood, William - Member
FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF N.R.C. IN PARTICULAR. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THE EXPERTISE N.R.C. BROUGHT. THE CRITICAL TIME WAS VERY IMPORTANT....
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| 00:54:19 |
Svinicki, Kristine - Commissioner
OF TWO WORKERS THAT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THE HEROIC RECOVERY EFFORTS UNDER EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE AND ADVERSE CONDITIONS. I UNDERSTAND THAT TWO...
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| 00:55:35 |
Jaczko, Gregory B. - Chair
A SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT. >> I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS SUGGESTING THAT. >> CERTAINLY I HAVE BEEN IN INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE ASKED SIMILAR...
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| 00:57:12 |
Svinicki, Kristine - Commissioner
OF COMPULSORY ACTIONS THAT THE N.R.C. HAS AUTHORITY TO ISSUE TO PRIVATE ENTITIES SUCH AS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OPERATORS. UNDER OUR AUTHORITIES TO ...
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| 00:58:52 |
Inhofe, James M. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING >> I WANT TO PICK UP ON A STATEMENT THAT COMMISSIONER BLACKWOOD MADE A MOMENT AGO --
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| 00:59:14 |
Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
MACWOOD MADE A MOMENT AGO. AS I HEARD, HE SAID THAT THE DECISIONS -- THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR POWER IN AMERICA WILL NOT BE PRIMARILY MADE BY THE COMMISSION...
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| 01:01:55 |
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OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS STEPPED IN BECAUSE NOBODY HAS THOUGHT ABOUT GOING TO WALL STREET AND SAID WE DO NOT LIKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >> THE...
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| 01:04:19 |
Magwood, William - Member
AS I INDICATED EARLIER, THE ECONOMIC ISSUES ARE REALLY BEYOND OUR SCOPE? >> DO YOU THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN BEAR ANOTHER 60 YEARS SUPPORTING...
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| 01:04:40 |
Svinicki, Kristine - Commissioner
DO YOU THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN SUPPORT THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY? >> I WOULD GO TO THE LAWS EXECUTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. >> ONE OF THE THINGS...
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| 01:04:54 |
Jaczko, Gregory B. - Chair
WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT THEY HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT SAFE OPERATION. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THESE FACILITIES CAN FINANCE THE PLANS,...
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Inhofe, James M. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
LET ME START BY SAYING A SHORT RESPONSE TO SENATOR SANDERS. I DISAGREE WITH EVERYTHING HE IS SAYING. [LAUGHTER] I MADE A REQUEST BACK IN DECEMBER. I...
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| 01:07:05 |
Jaczko, Gregory B. - Chair
I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION. AS WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST HEARING, ANYTHING I HAVE DONE ANYTHING UNINTENTIONALLY TO FEEL -- >> KNOW, THE ACCUSATIONS...
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| 01:09:02 |
Ostendorff, William - Member
COMMISSIONER AND I WERE IN TOKYO IN JANUARY AND MET WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS IN JAPAN FOR REGULATION OF THEIR NUCLEAR INDUSTRY. WE HAD LONG DISCUSSIONS...
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| 01:10:39 |
Apostolakis, George - Member
DISCUSSED. THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY THERE WAS VERY WEAK TECHNICALLY. THEY DID NOT HAVE THE AMOUNT OF INDEPENDENCE THAT WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE. THE SECOND...
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| 01:11:54 |
Magwood, William - Member
THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT IS WRESTLING WITH RIGHT NOW. THERE IS A LOT OF EFFORT TO TRY TO REFORM THEIR SYSTEM. THEY KNOW THAT THERE ARE ISSUES. I HAVE DISCUSSED...
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| 01:12:51 |
Svinicki, Kristine - Commissioner
THE JAPANESE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR COMMAND-AND-CONTROL STRUCTURE IN THIS CRISIS SITUATION WAS SEVERELY CHALLENGED, AND EVEN IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE DECISIONMAKING...
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| 01:14:53 |
Carper, Thomas "Tom" R. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
AND I TAKE PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT THE UNITED STATES IS RECOGNIZED AS THE SAUDI ARABIA OF COAL. GIVEN WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT OUR NATURAL GAS RESOURCES,...
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| 01:18:07 |
Jaczko, Gregory B. - Chair
AS WAS MENTIONED, WE DID ISSUE AN ORDER WHICH REQUIRES ADDITIONAL IMPACT -- IF ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT TO HELP MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF A LOSS OF POWER. THEIR...
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| 01:21:10 |
Ostendorff, William - Member
LICENSING. THERE ARE SOME SMALL IMPACTS. OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS IS DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF MANAGING PRIORITIES FOR THE STAFF WORK. I'M...
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| 01:21:35 |
Jaczko, Gregory B. - Chair
WE HAVE PUT A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WORKING ON THE FUKUSHIMA EFFORT SO LOW PRIORITY ACTIVITIES WILL NOT BE DONE. IN THE AREA OF LICENSING, PROBABLY...
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| 01:22:25 |
Svinicki, Kristine - Commissioner
THAN THE WRITTEN RESPONSE I PROVIDED ON MARCH SAYS. I WOULD JUST EMPHASIZE MY AGREEMENT WITH THE CHAIRMAN. IT IS RESOURCES FOR CRITICAL SKILLS SETS,...
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| 01:22:49 |
Magwood, William - Member
I HAVE ASKED THIS QUESTION MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN THE AGENCY TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND HOW OUR FUKUSHIMA EFFORTS HAVE INVENTED THINGS LIKE LICENSE RENEWAL...
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Udall, Tom - U.S. Senator, [D] New Mexico
THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION FOR BEING HERE. I FIRST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT SEVERAL OF THE PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE NRC TASK FORCE MAY NOT BE IMPLEMENTED...
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| 01:24:31 |
Jaczko, Gregory B. - Chair
SIMPLE ANSWER TO THAT IS THAT THE INDUSTRY DOES NOT HAVE THE EXPERTS TO DO THIS. I THINK THAT IS INDICATIVE OF THE FACT THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT...
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| 01:26:13 |
Ostendorff, William - Member
COMMENT THAT A FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT TO THE COMMISSION'S ACTIONS HERE HAVE BEEN THE NEAR TERM TASK FORCE FINDINGS THAT THERE IS NO IMMINENT RISK TO CONTINUED...
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| 01:26:58 |
Apostolakis, George - Member
DOING SOMETHING ABOUT SEISMIC NOW. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN A CONCERN FOR DECADES. THE PLANTS HAVE BEEN FOUND SAFE BY OUR STAFF. THERE HAS BEEN...
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| 01:27:41 |
Magwood, William - Member
PRESENTED AT EACH INDIVIDUAL PLANT. I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, YOU WILL SEE AS HAVING GREATER ACTIVITY ON SITES AFTER WE GO THROUGH...
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| 01:28:41 |
Jaczko, Gregory B. - Chair
GENERAL, AS WE GET NEW REQUIREMENTS WE WILL IN SOME CASES REQUIRE PLANTS TO UPDATE TO THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND IN SOME CASES WE WILL NOT. IT DEPENDS ON...
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| 01:30:30 |
Apostolakis, George - Member
FOR THE LICENSE REQUIREMENTS. ONCE THE LICENSE IS EXTENDED, THEY ARE SUBJECT TO REQUIREMENTS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. >> THE POINT HERE IS THAT THEY HAVE...
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| 01:31:59 |
Jaczko, Gregory B. - Chair
IT COULD CAUSE. WHEN WILL THE NRC TAKE SIMILAR MEASURES? >> I AM RELUCTANT TO COMMENT ON THE FRENCH BECAUSE WE ARE FOCUSED ON WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THAT...
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Carper, Thomas "Tom" R. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
LEARN FROM DISASTER. EINSTEIN USED TO SAY IN ADVERSITY LIES OPPORTUNITY. TERRIBLE OPPORTUNITY IN JAPAN FOR US TO LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES THAT WE HAVE...
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| 01:37:55 |
Jaczko, Gregory B. - Chair
WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHED JAPAN LESSONS LEARNED DIRECTORATE. AS NEW INFORMATION COMES IN, THEY WILL EVALUATE THE INFORMATION AND DETERMINE IF IT NEEDS TO...
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| 01:39:27 |
Ostendorff, William - Member
AND THAT THERE IS A LONG ROAD AHEAD, BUT I WILL ALSO SAY THAT I AM VERY COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE WE ARE AS AN AGENCY. I THINK THE PROCESS WE HAVE FOLLOWED...
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| 01:40:11 |
Apostolakis, George - Member
SOMETHING ELSE. SENATOR GROSSO EARLIER QUOTED FROM THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS AND I SAID I DISAGREED WITH THE STATEMENT CONTAINED IN THE REPORT...
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| 01:41:17 |
Svinicki, Kristine - Commissioner
TREMENDOUS CONFIDENCE IN THE PROCESS THE NRC HAS FOLLOWED TO GET US TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE PRIORITIZED APPROPRIATELY. WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON HIGH...
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| 01:41:53 |
Magwood, William - Member
COUPLE OF THOUGHTS. FIRST, I THINK IT IS ALWAYS EASY, SINCE WE ARE AT THE CENTER OF THIS AS THE REGULATORY AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THINK THAT...
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| 01:45:22 |
Carper, Thomas "Tom" R. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
DIRECT INDIRECT. I AM NOT ONE WHO SUPPORTS TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF FEDERAL FUNDING OF THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I SUPPORT FEDERAL...
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