Would you take a look at that cleanup? That is extremely important to us.

I think your legislation that moves towards a pilot scale storage facility is probably the thing that we could bring on the fastest, 6 to 8 years perhaps.

I fully support the current licensing process, but Yucca's legal capacity is 70,000 metric tons of used fuel.

The cost of regulation is one. The low cost of natural gas is another.

I will give you credit for being a consistent supporter of the small reactor research and support for certification and licensing activities.

I want to thank you for yourself in the Cabinet. That is not always an easy job, but you come to it very well prepared.

Mercury containment is the highest environmental priority in and around Oak Ridge in Tennessee due to releases into the East Fort Poplar Creek.

I would like to be spending the $6 billion on energy research instead of a subsidy.

We need new repositories.

We would be interested in working on that in the next 3 or 4 weeks to see, (A) what might appropriately be included in the appropriations bill, if anything.

Governing is about setting priorities, and given our current fiscal constraints--especially on non-defense spending--we are going to have to make some tough decisions this year to make sure the highest priorities are funded.

Senator Feinstein and I have been pretty aggressive the last 2 or 3 years on that.

It makes life a lot easier, when we are approaching big, difficult problems, to have a level of trust and an interest in good management.

If you had $6 billion, would you rather spend it each year on subsidizing a 22-year-old mature technology or $6 billion of energy research?

A third, according to some of the utilities, is the big wind production tax credit.

I'm encouraged by that. I think the combination of the kind of accountability... has made some good progress.

You also have an agreement with the State of Idaho to remove all those dry casks by 2035, is that right?

This accountability is important.