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Lisa Murkowski: “There are basically two types of storage. One is in a pool adjacent to the reactor which is temporary and, in many…”

On the recordApril 10, 1997
There are basically two types of storage. One is in a pool adjacent to the reactor which is temporary and, in many cases, that is full. At least one power company is beginning to store their fuel in casks on the surface, they simply have run out of space, and the Senator from Idaho is correct in his assessment that those facilities were not designed to be of a permanent or long-lasting nature, they were to be of a temporary nature pending the movement of that out to a central site.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Discussing nuclear fuel storage issues during a Senate floor debate.

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