Thomas M. Countryman: “This agreement is not a commercial contract. It does not provide for the sale of nuclear equipment or technology to…”

We have become, I would say, dangerously uncompetitive on the nuclear sphere when we cannot compete with countries like the French and the Russians.

The problem with having a gold standard is it needs to have two things. It needs to be replicable, and it actually needs to be the best.

We cannot allow these weapons usable materials, to be separated from spent nuclear fuel.

The policy without professionals is by definition an amateur policy. You have to help make the choices that bring this country forward.