I mean, for 25 years that has been the law. We are told often, 'pay attention to science.' Science has now told us it is...
It is the politicians who are keeping Yucca Mountain shut, and it is the politicians who are not opening new consolidate...
None.
What about collegiality at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission?
I would like to encourage you to proceed with your review of the cumulatively piling up of regulations without any embar...
But if the staff's final recommendation were positive, could the reactor start and power be generated during 2015?
There will be as many rounds as you would like to have.
Senator Alexander. And what will that cost, and do you have the money to do that?
That is important for us to know and understand, so if as we go along this afternoon there is a different answer to that...
But let me be clear: Yucca Mountain can and should be part of the solution.
If we were--if Senator Feinstein, and I, and Senator Murkowski were to include in the energy and water appropriation bil...
Even now without passing our bill, correct?
Senator Alexander. Is the next step after the environmental impact statement restarting the hearings before the Atomic S...
So you need for us to act to be able to use those funds.
A properly maintained reactor who meets the technical requirements should be able to operate for 80 years instead of 60 ...
I think as you can tell, we sometimes come at a problem from different directions, but we often end up pulling the wagon...
It costs $150 million in 1 year for that one university to comply with all these rules and regulations.
