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Dianne Feinstein: “Well, didn't Japan have similar standards? Yet, the spent-fuel pools could not withstand the tsunami and the earthquake.”

On the recordMarch 29, 2011
Well, didn't Japan have similar standards? Yet, the spent-fuel pools could not withstand the tsunami and the earthquake.
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Dianne Feinstein
Democratic · California

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Questioning Japan's standards for spent-fuel pools during the Fukushima disaster.

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