06/19/2012
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"Can you tell me how you plan to finish the Chief's Report by December 2015, as promised, without Federal funding in the fiscal year 2015 Work Plan?"
"The legislation is consistent with the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, but my own view is that Yucca Mountain can and should be part of the solution."
"Okay. I guess I will now know what you mean by very, very close. You are new. We'll see."
"So if the Sites numbers could get done, that would be very much appreciated, quickly."