What protections are there to ensure that Holtec doesn't cut corners to do the lowest cost decommissioning possible?
Senator Markey's Nuclear Waste Task Force would set up a process where we can hash out what consent really means.
allows licensees to make virtually all of the major decisions without NRC approval or meaningful public input.
the likelihood of that occurring in the near term at least is very, very slight, given all of the political opposition.
And again, people are responding emotionally because they feel they don't have all the information they need.
the people of Plymouth don't trust the experts anymore.
I hope the NRC takes this opportunity to improve the rule.
I know why Superfund is different. I was on the Committee in 1980 and 1981 when we drafted Superfund.
What is the role of the NRC?
We need to ensure that we have a new rule that we put on the books that has full public participation, full accountabili...
Those are ratepayer funds that were put there to clean up the power plant.
And that is very important, because obviously, you have created multiple limited liability companies, subsidiaries that ...
We have a chance to rectify that now. Unfortunately, the draft rule doesn't do that.
Let's not miss it.
I am coming away from this hearing, Mr. Chairman, saying there will not be a million gallons of radioactive water droppe...
I would contend that the dumping of 1 million gallons of radioactive water into Cape Cod Bay may affect the Stellwagen B...
We have to make sure that all of those promises are kept.
For years, I have called on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to do more to respond to the concerns of residents around ...
