Lisa Murkowski: “Let me point out to the Senator from Idaho, this is a typical cask that has been used since 1964 for shipping by truck…”

“Let me point out to the Senator from Idaho, this is a typical cask that has been used since 1964 for shipping by truck transport. These are designed according to a very, very technical and highly engineered requirement that would associate itself with whatever the exposure is of a wreck, dropping from a high level. They have tested these. They have tested them with a railroad car at 60 to 70 miles an hour, dropping them from various levels. So the technology is here. These are the facts, as we look at this chart of where the waste is currently, and the position our friends from Nevada have taken, which is 'Do not put it in Nevada, leave it where it is.' To highlight, again, the transportation chart, the one that shows the network, you just cannot reflect reality, and that is reality, 2,400 shipments. It has been safe. We have never had an accident that resulted in any exposure of any kind. We had a couple of minor trucking accidents, but clearly the cask withstood whatever the exposure was. Let me add one more consideration relative to where the significant areas of waste are. In addition to Savannah River and Hanford, at Oak Ridge, TN, we have 1 metric ton of spent fuel in storage and what we have there are some tailings and low-level waste as well.”